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Tallow Beach (BEACH), NSW Details
Description
Beach at Suffolk Park extending S from Cape Byron for about 7 km.
Origin
Tallow for soap and candle making was made by melting the harder sections od animal fat. Like cedar it was a valuable cargo and it is the loss of such cargo following a shipwreck that gave Tallow Beach its name. The ship was The Volunteer. (Rich.Twd.Reg.Lib. & Rich.R.H. Soc. 1983).
Tallow Beach (BEACH), NSW
| title | Tallow Beach (BEACH) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 56793 |
| placename | Tallow Beach |
| designation | BEACH |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | BYRON |
| description | Beach at Suffolk Park extending S from Cape Byron for about 7 km. |
| meaning | |
| origin | Tallow for soap and candle making was made by melting the harder sections od animal fat. Like cedar it was a valuable cargo and it is the loss of such cargo following a shipwreck that gave Tallow Beach its name. The ship was The Volunteer. (Rich.Twd.Reg.Lib. & Rich.R.H. Soc. 1983). |
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