Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 24th May 2013 | |
| Reference: | 975 |
| Placename: | Araluen |
| Designation: | Village |
| Status: | Assigned 13th July 2001 |
| GNB File: | GNB3804,4780/147 |
| LGA: | Palerang |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -35 39 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 149 49 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -35 38 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 149 49 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Araluen |
| 1:100000 Map: | Araluen 8826 |
| Parish: | Araluen |
| County: | St Vincent |
| Description: | A village on Araluen Creek about 10 km SE of the village of Majors Creek. |
| Origin: | Aboriginal (native pronunciation Arr-ol-yin) signifying a place where water lilies abound - Nymphaea alba - the seeds of which were a favourite food of the aborigines. |
| History: | Kendall the poet wrote Araluen! home of dreams ...... and also named his daughter Araluen. |
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