Bergen-Op-Zoom Creek (CREEK), NSW Details
History
The name as used in Holland is not hyphenated but when adopted in 1834 in NSW hyphens were used. The assigned name of the parish and creek have retained the hyphens but modern signposting shows Bergen op Zoom.
Description
A perennial stream rising in the Great Dividing Range South of Red Hill and flowing generally SE NE for about 24 km into Ohio Creek about 5 km N of Walcha.
Meaning
Bergen meaning mountains and Zoom meaning hem outskirts or edge. (Heyink J & D from information received from Bergen op Zoom municipal archives). Willem van Hem in an article supplied by the the above body explains the meaning as:higher ground among the marshes.
Origin
Named after the property through which the creek runs. One of the very early original sheep runs in the Walcha District it was taken up in 1834 by Capt John McLean from Scotland. It is believed that it commemorates his ancestors exploits whilst engaged with the Dutch in defence of Bergen op Zoom in 1747. (Walcha Historical Society)
Bergen-Op-Zoom Creek (CREEK), NSW
| title | Bergen-Op-Zoom Creek (CREEK) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 4294 |
| placename | Bergen-Op-Zoom Creek |
| designation | CREEK |
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| previous names | |
| lga | WALCHA |
| description | A perennial stream rising in the Great Dividing Range South of Red Hill and flowing generally SE NE for about 24 km into Ohio Creek about 5 km N of Walcha. |
| meaning | Bergen meaning mountains and Zoom meaning hem outskirts or edge. (Heyink J & D from information received from Bergen op Zoom municipal archives). Willem van Hem in an article supplied by the the above body explains the meaning as:higher ground among the marshes. |
| origin | Named after the property through which the creek runs. One of the very early original sheep runs in the Walcha District it was taken up in 1834 by Capt John McLean from Scotland. It is believed that it commemorates his ancestors exploits whilst engaged with the Dutch in defence of Bergen op Zoom in 1747. (Walcha Historical Society) |
| history | The name as used in Holland is not hyphenated but when adopted in 1834 in NSW hyphens were used. The assigned name of the parish and creek have retained the hyphens but modern signposting shows Bergen op Zoom. |
