Kerry thanks. I sat up late last night making a list of towns and their history and all this helped, thank you very much Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Bennett" <kben1679@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 8:13 AM Subject: [HC] RE.Place Names of Australia. > Dubbo: Aboriginal. Head covering or skull-cap.Probably from > Tubbo.Headgear > of this kind was made of several kinds of material such as netted > headbands > or possum fur. There is reason to believe that the particular kind > referred > to in this name was made from the skin of an eagle with the down adhering > to > it. The name was given to the stock station by R.V. Dulhunty in the early > 1830"s > > Gilgandra: Aboriginal. Long water hole. > > Coonabarabran: Aborigianl. Inquisitive person. In thre form of > Coolabaraban, > it was the name of the station owned by James Weston in 1848. The local > contraction is "The Bran". > > Narrabi: Aboriginal. Forks.Forked sticks, or possibly, Large creek. Other > forms of the name are Nurraburai,Nurraburi and Nurruby, the latter being > the > name of the station taken up by Patrick Quinn and Cyrus M. Doyle ib 1834. > > Moree: Nothing for this name. > > Gooniwindi: Aboriginal. Droppings of ducks or shags( a matted tangle,esp. > of > hair, wool etc. ). Place of wild ducks, or Water running over rocks. > > Toowoomba: Aboriginal. No final answer can be provided to questions on the > origin of the city located at what was once known as The Swamp, or The > Swamps. One theory is that in attempting to pronounce the name the > Aborigines called it Tchwampa, which became modified to Toowoomba. Another > is that it was Choowoom or Toowoomba,Place where melons grow, or Water sit > down -- referring to underground water. A.E Martin adds the interesting > information that the Archdeacon Gleeine preached at The Swamp in 1848. > Disliking the name of the young settlement he entered the place of the > birth > of babies as Toowoomba in tthe Parish Register. At a sports meeting held > on > New Years Day 1858, the word was displayed in white letters as a sheet of > red calico and erected at the winning post.Thomas Alford settled here in > 1852 and at that time named his house Toowoomba. The town was proclaimed a > city in 1904. > > > This is the last of them, hope that they are what you need. > > Kerry in Cranbourne. >

Denise wrote: > Kerry thanks. I sat up late last night making a list of towns and > their history and all this helped, thank you very much > Denise > >> >> Moree: Nothing for this name. From Place names of New South Wales - >> Their Origins and Meanings - A W Reed we have > Moree. Aboriginal. Long waterhole. Regrds, John Kurwongbah Queensland

Thanks John. certainly water features a lot in place names. Denise ----- Original Message ----- From: "John & Lyn Read" <jlread@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-VIC-HIGH-COUNTRY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2004 10:03 PM Subject: Re: [HC] RE.Place Names of Australia. > Denise wrote: > >> Kerry thanks. I sat up late last night making a list of towns and >> their history and all this helped, thank you very much >> Denise >> >>> >>> Moree: Nothing for this name. From Place names of New South Wales - >>> Their Origins and Meanings - A W Reed we have >> > Moree. Aboriginal. Long waterhole. > > Regrds, John Kurwongbah Queensland >