Mount Cobla (MOUNTAIN), NSW Details
History
W. Gardner (M/L A 176) uses the form Carobobella for tha name now used as Currabubula (See under that name). On his manuscript maps he names a mountain on the Peel/Mooki divide range as `Carrobobbela Mt..
Description
Highest of two peaks in group. Lies 1.6 km north east of Green Gables homestead.
Meaning
Uncertain. No aboriginal word of this form and been found. A possible Aborigina source is :- Kobba = Mountain. Rev. W. Ridley `Kamilaroi..
Origin
The name has not been seen in early run records. It is not shown on early maps. Neither Dixon (1837) nor Gardner (1854) mention it. It is not on the 1862 county map nor on an undated county map charted to about 1877 but appears on later county and parish maps. It was thus current towards the end of the last century.
Mount Cobla (MOUNTAIN), NSW
| title | Mount Cobla (MOUNTAIN) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 12928 |
| placename | Mount Cobla |
| designation | MOUNTAIN |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TAMWORTH REGIONAL |
| description | Highest of two peaks in group. Lies 1.6 km north east of Green Gables homestead. |
| meaning | Uncertain. No aboriginal word of this form and been found. A possible Aborigina source is :- Kobba = Mountain. Rev. W. Ridley `Kamilaroi.. |
| origin | The name has not been seen in early run records. It is not shown on early maps. Neither Dixon (1837) nor Gardner (1854) mention it. It is not on the 1862 county map nor on an undated county map charted to about 1877 but appears on later county and parish maps. It was thus current towards the end of the last century. |
| history | W. Gardner (M/L A 176) uses the form Carobobella for tha name now used as Currabubula (See under that name). On his manuscript maps he names a mountain on the Peel/Mooki divide range as `Carrobobbela Mt.. |
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