Tumbulgum (LOCALITY), NSW Details

History

The locality was originally known as Tweed River Junction or The Junction until 1880 when the name of the post office was changed to Tumbulgum.Folklaw has it that this word meant meeting of the waters.

Description

A locality on the Pacific Highway bounded more or less by the Tweed Bartlets Road Main Trust Canal and Leddays Creek. It is about 10 km NE of Murwillumbah. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB 3810. A bounded address locality. Also assigned as a village.

Meaning

From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word tumbul or chumbul a fig tree. Surces: Science of Man 1.7.1910 & J A Gresty The Numinbah Valley. p71. 1947.

Origin

Aboriginal.

Tumbulgum (LOCALITY), NSW
title Tumbulgum (LOCALITY)
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state NSW
reference 81808
placename Tumbulgum
designation LOCALITY
geographical name
previous names
lga TWEED
description A locality on the Pacific Highway bounded more or less by the Tweed Bartlets Road Main Trust Canal and Leddays Creek. It is about 10 km NE of Murwillumbah. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB 3810. A bounded address locality. Also assigned as a village.
meaning From the Bandjalung-Yugambeh dialect chain word tumbul or chumbul a fig tree. Surces: Science of Man 1.7.1910 & J A Gresty The Numinbah Valley. p71. 1947.
origin Aboriginal.
history The locality was originally known as Tweed River Junction or The Junction until 1880 when the name of the post office was changed to Tumbulgum.Folklaw has it that this word meant meeting of the waters.
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