Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 12th May 2012 | |
| Reference: | 60433 |
| Placename: | Tumbarumba |
| Designation: | Locality |
| Status: | Assigned 5th August 1994 |
| Previous Name: | Town of Tumbarumba |
| GNB File: | GNB3808 |
| LGA: | Tumbarumba |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -35 46 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 148 00 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -35 45 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 148 00 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Tumbarumba |
| 1:100000 Map: | Yarrangobilly 8526 |
| Parish: | Tumbarumba |
| County: | Selwyn |
| Description: | A town about 2.5km W by S of Tumbarumba Trig. Station and about 2km N of Tumbarumba Cemetery. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB3808 |
| Meaning: | Reported to mean HOLLOW SOUNDING GROUND Also: is probably a Wiradhuri term for 'sound' or 'thunder' though other Wiradhuri terms for thunder have been recorded. Also: sounding ground; Also: place of big trees. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| Origin: | Aboriginal. |
| History: | Formerly Wiradhuri land. |
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