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Nandewar (COUNTY), NSW Details
History
The range first seen from a high summit of Arbuthnots Range (Warrum- bungle Mountains) was the objective of John Oxley George Evans and their companions in 1818. Oxley named the distant heights Hardwicks R
Description
Administrative area in Central Division of New South Wales. The towns of Narrabri Boggabri Gunnedah and Carroll are within its boundaries.
Meaning
Is not known to M.J.D.
Origin
The county was named after the range of mountains called Nandewar by the natives - more likely Nundawar. H ardwick (or Nundawar); a range of mountains situated in the district of Liverpool Plains N.S.W. named by Mr. Oxley after the Earl of Hardwick. The highest elevations are Mount Apsley and Mount Shirley - Wells Gaz. 1848. p.196.
Nandewar (COUNTY), NSW
| title | Nandewar (COUNTY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 41339 |
| placename | Nandewar |
| designation | COUNTY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | |
| lga | NARRABRI |
| description | Administrative area in Central Division of New South Wales. The towns of Narrabri Boggabri Gunnedah and Carroll are within its boundaries. |
| meaning | Is not known to M.J.D. |
| origin | The county was named after the range of mountains called Nandewar by the natives - more likely Nundawar. H ardwick (or Nundawar); a range of mountains situated in the district of Liverpool Plains N.S.W. named by Mr. Oxley after the Earl of Hardwick. The highest elevations are Mount Apsley and Mount Shirley - Wells Gaz. 1848. p.196. |
| history | The range first seen from a high summit of Arbuthnots Range (Warrum- bungle Mountains) was the objective of John Oxley George Evans and their companions in 1818. Oxley named the distant heights Hardwicks R |
