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Burringbar (VILLAGE), NSW Details
Description
An village about 2 km WNW of Mooball. Also assigned as an address locality.
Meaning
Bundjalung Burring for type of long boomerang used as striking stick or sword not used for throwing. Suffix -bar or -bah means place of as in area where implements were made or where suitable wood found for boomerang. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984).
Origin
Aboriginal. Also: the place of the Burrong (fighting boomerang). From Galibal. (Keats;1988;p.40).
Burringbar (VILLAGE), NSW
| title | Burringbar (VILLAGE) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 70551 |
| placename | Burringbar |
| designation | VILLAGE |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TWEED |
| description | An village about 2 km WNW of Mooball. Also assigned as an address locality. |
| meaning | Bundjalung Burring for type of long boomerang used as striking stick or sword not used for throwing. Suffix -bar or -bah means place of as in area where implements were made or where suitable wood found for boomerang. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984). |
| origin | Aboriginal. Also: the place of the Burrong (fighting boomerang). From Galibal. (Keats;1988;p.40). |
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