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Murwillumbah (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
Name recorded by Joshua Bray on his arrival in 1863 as the Aboriginal name of the local tribe and for tribal land between Rous and Tweed Rivers. (Reference as above).
Description
A bounded address locality. Also assigned as a town. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB3810.
Meaning
For: place of the very high mountain which catches the sun coming up ie. the Big Nose; Also: place of the very high hill facing east; Also: place of many possums many people often enlarged to good camp site. (Refernce as above).
Origin
Aboriginal. Also: Aboriginal: moorwooloomba; English/Australian: merwillumbar; Alternatively: moolumbar. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984).
Murwillumbah (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Murwillumbah (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 81792 |
| placename | Murwillumbah |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | TWEED |
| description | A bounded address locality. Also assigned as a town. Boundaries within the Tweed Council area shown on map GNB3810. |
| meaning | For: place of the very high mountain which catches the sun coming up ie. the Big Nose; Also: place of the very high hill facing east; Also: place of many possums many people often enlarged to good camp site. (Refernce as above). |
| origin | Aboriginal. Also: Aboriginal: moorwooloomba; English/Australian: merwillumbar; Alternatively: moolumbar. (Richmond Tweed Regional Library. 1984). |
| history | Name recorded by Joshua Bray on his arrival in 1863 as the Aboriginal name of the local tribe and for tribal land between Rous and Tweed Rivers. (Reference as above). |
