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Wangarang Creek (STREAM), NSW Details
History
No record located. MAPS. The stream is not named on the county map nor on the 1940 edition of map of Parish Tamarang. The name appears on map of Parish Tamarang dated 1964.
Description
Non perennial stream rises on slopes 1.25 km south west of Gemma homestead and flows generally north east to its junction with Goonoo Goonoo Creek.
Meaning
An Aboriginal word. Turtle Endacott : Wangarang = tortoise Baylis : Wangerang = Turtle (Wagga Wagga). M. Lib : Wangarang (Waridj.) =
Origin
Not traced.
Wangarang Creek (STREAM), NSW
| title | Wangarang Creek (STREAM) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 62650 |
| placename | Wangarang Creek |
| designation | STREAM |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TAMWORTH REGIONAL |
| description | Non perennial stream rises on slopes 1.25 km south west of Gemma homestead and flows generally north east to its junction with Goonoo Goonoo Creek. |
| meaning | An Aboriginal word. Turtle Endacott : Wangarang = tortoise Baylis : Wangerang = Turtle (Wagga Wagga). M. Lib : Wangarang (Waridj.) = |
| origin | Not traced. |
| history | No record located. MAPS. The stream is not named on the county map nor on the 1940 edition of map of Parish Tamarang. The name appears on map of Parish Tamarang dated 1964. |
