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Cambage Head (BLUFF), NSW Details
Description
A cliff overlooking the junction of Pigeon House Creek and the Clyde River from the north. It is about 3.6km north north west of Pigeon House Mountain.
Origin
Richard Hind Cambage (07.11.1859 - 28.11.1928) surveyor and botanist worked for the Dept of Mines from 1885-1924 and retired as superintendent of explosives. He made plant collections for William Woods. Acacia cambagei and Eucalyptus cambageana were named after him. (http:///www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000945b.htm)
Cambage Head (BLUFF), NSW
title | Cambage Head (BLUFF) |
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state | NSW |
reference | 10690 |
placename | Cambage Head |
designation | BLUFF |
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previous names | |
lga | SHOALHAVEN |
description | A cliff overlooking the junction of Pigeon House Creek and the Clyde River from the north. It is about 3.6km north north west of Pigeon House Mountain. |
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origin | Richard Hind Cambage (07.11.1859 - 28.11.1928) surveyor and botanist worked for the Dept of Mines from 1885-1924 and retired as superintendent of explosives. He made plant collections for William Woods. Acacia cambagei and Eucalyptus cambageana were named after him. (http:///www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000945b.htm) |
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