I was almost going to send this privately but thought it may be interesting to others on the list to see names of places and their meanings. So Kerry if you don't mind a list of a dozen and half names, that would be great. Excuse me as I cross the border into NSW out of the area of this list. I am hoping this route home to Brisbane will give the Americans a good x-section of NSW country. Ideas gratefully accepted, except sorry no time for photos of cemeteries (g) unless you can give a good reason to convince my husband we need to stop at a grave and gather around with the Americans for a photo shoot. Maybe we could play it up that this is an all time famous bushranger or something. Yackandandah Wodonga (formerly Belvoir) Albury Culcairn Wagga Cootamundra Young Cowra Canowindra Molong Wellington Dubbo Gilgandra Coonabarabran Narrabri Moree Goondiwindi Toowoomba HOME Thank you Kerry Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Bennett" <kben1679@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 8:53 PM Subject: Re: [HC] Meaning of town names > Hello Denise, > > I have a book called " Place Nmaes of Australia: By A.W.Reed, if you send > me > the list of names, will try and send you the meanings if they are in the > book. > > Kerry in Cranbourne, > kben1679@bigpond.net.au > > -------Original Message------- > > From: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Date: 11/04/04 21:42:33 > To: AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [HC] Meaning of town names > > Next year I am playing 'tour guide in a small way to a small group of > Americans. They will be coming to Beechworth in March - no worries with > this > town - but I would like some assistance as to how towns got their names. > e.g. > Yackandandah > Stanley > Albury > Wodonga > Wagga Wagga > Wangaratta > Chiltern > > and so forth into NSW and up to Qld where I'll be driving these Americans > with help of my family. These I can source by other means as they are out > of > the area of this list. > > I guess I"m going to try to explain to my guests as I go, the meaning of > towns, and a little history behind each area. Got to fill up two days > driving with something. > > Anyway help me please? > > Denise > >