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Biddabah Public School (SCHOOL), NSW Details
History
Threlkeld wrote about the failed mission site in the area: At this time (1825) we had several natives employed at a place in the aboriginal tongue called Pi-to-ba...
Description
A school in Medcalf Street Warners Bay 2282.
Meaning
From Pi-to-ba: Pi-to pipe-clay; ba to be - literally pipe-clayed place (According to Threlkeld - Information supplied by the schools principal).
Origin
Biddabah Estate was the name used for the subdivision where the school is located. Biddabah was a property with an orange orchard in this area in the mid 1800s.
Biddabah Public School (SCHOOL), NSW
| title | Biddabah Public School (SCHOOL) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 75709 |
| placename | Biddabah Public School |
| designation | SCHOOL |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Speers Point East Primary School |
| lga | LAKE MACQUARIE |
| description | A school in Medcalf Street Warners Bay 2282. |
| meaning | From Pi-to-ba: Pi-to pipe-clay; ba to be - literally pipe-clayed place (According to Threlkeld - Information supplied by the schools principal). |
| origin | Biddabah Estate was the name used for the subdivision where the school is located. Biddabah was a property with an orange orchard in this area in the mid 1800s. |
| history | Threlkeld wrote about the failed mission site in the area: At this time (1825) we had several natives employed at a place in the aboriginal tongue called Pi-to-ba... |
