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Wooroowoolgan (RURAL PLACE), NSW Details
Description
A locality on the Richmond River about 5 km west of Casino. The area north of the Bruxner Highway from its junction with the Sextonville Road bounded by the Richmond River on its south side and Taylors Lane on its western side.
Meaning
From the name of the cattle station and said to mean: lagoons with water-fowl thereon; Also: bend in the river. (Descriptive meanings). (Richmond Tweed Regional Library & Richmond River Historical Society. 1983). Also: bend in the river. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal.From Gidhabal (dialect of Bundjalung). For: bend of river. (Antropological Society of Australasia). Also: neck. (ASA. P.125).
Wooroowoolgan (RURAL PLACE), NSW
| title | Wooroowoolgan (RURAL PLACE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 66410 |
| placename | Wooroowoolgan |
| designation | RURAL PLACE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | RICHMOND VALLEY |
| description | A locality on the Richmond River about 5 km west of Casino. The area north of the Bruxner Highway from its junction with the Sextonville Road bounded by the Richmond River on its south side and Taylors Lane on its western side. |
| meaning | From the name of the cattle station and said to mean: lagoons with water-fowl thereon; Also: bend in the river. (Descriptive meanings). (Richmond Tweed Regional Library & Richmond River Historical Society. 1983). Also: bend in the river. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Aboriginal.From Gidhabal (dialect of Bundjalung). For: bend of river. (Antropological Society of Australasia). Also: neck. (ASA. P.125). |
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