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Bondi (SUBURB), NSW Details
History
A Dharuk Aboriginal term - unconfirmed. (Appleton 1992)
Description
A suburb about 2km E by S of Woollahra and about 2km SSW of Dover Hts. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3710
Meaning
From Boondi: Noise made by sea wave breaking on beach. (Anthropolog- ical Society of Australasia 1899)
Origin
Aboriginal - several meanings - 1. water breaking over rocks; noise of water breaking over rocks; 2. a place where a fight with nullas took place. Several spellings earliest reference James Meehan in 1809. P. 92. (Information from the Centenary of the Mun.of Waverely 1859-1959).
Bondi (SUBURB), NSW
title | Bondi (SUBURB) |
additional | |
state | NSW |
reference | 7358 |
placename | Bondi |
designation | SUBURB |
geographical name | |
previous names | |
lga | WAVERLEY |
description | A suburb about 2km E by S of Woollahra and about 2km SSW of Dover Hts. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3710 |
meaning | From Boondi: Noise made by sea wave breaking on beach. (Anthropolog- ical Society of Australasia 1899) |
origin | Aboriginal - several meanings - 1. water breaking over rocks; noise of water breaking over rocks; 2. a place where a fight with nullas took place. Several spellings earliest reference James Meehan in 1809. P. 92. (Information from the Centenary of the Mun.of Waverely 1859-1959). |
history | A Dharuk Aboriginal term - unconfirmed. (Appleton 1992) |