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Wollombi (VILLAGE), NSW Details
Description
A village about 1 km WNW of the locality of Narone Creek and about 3km WSW of Cerrabare Trig. station.
Meaning
Derived from Awabakal Aboriginal term for meeting of waters but this cannot be linguistically verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: meeting of the waters. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal.
Wollombi (VILLAGE), NSW
title | Wollombi (VILLAGE) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 65764 |
placename | Wollombi |
designation | VILLAGE |
geographical name | |
previous names | Town of Wollombi |
lga | CESSNOCK |
description | A village about 1 km WNW of the locality of Narone Creek and about 3km WSW of Cerrabare Trig. station. |
meaning | Derived from Awabakal Aboriginal term for meeting of waters but this cannot be linguistically verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: meeting of the waters. (McCarthy; 1963). |
origin | Aboriginal. |
history |