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Come By Chance (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
Banjo Paterson wove the name into one of his ballads: But my languid mood forsook me when I found a name that took me; Quite by chance I came across it - Come by Chance was what I read.....
Description
A village at the junction of Colless Warrambool and Baradine Creek about 13 km S of Five Mile Point. (spelling: Come By Chance). Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3817
Origin
Name given by George and William Colless when in 1862 they found to their surprise that they were able to purchase a sheep station in this district.
Come By Chance (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Come By Chance (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 13443 |
| placename | Come By Chance |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | WALGETT |
| description | A village at the junction of Colless Warrambool and Baradine Creek about 13 km S of Five Mile Point. (spelling: Come By Chance). Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3817 |
| meaning | |
| origin | Name given by George and William Colless when in 1862 they found to their surprise that they were able to purchase a sheep station in this district. |
| history | Banjo Paterson wove the name into one of his ballads: But my languid mood forsook me when I found a name that took me; Quite by chance I came across it - Come by Chance was what I read..... |
