Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 19th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 13540 |
| Placename: | Condobolin |
| Designation: | Town |
| Status: | Assigned 1st June 1979 |
| Previous Name: | Town of Condobolin |
| GNB File: | GNB3779 |
| LGA: | Lachlan |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -33 04 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 147 09 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -33 03 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 147 09 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Condobolin |
| 1:100000 Map: | Condobolin 8331 |
| Parish: | Condobolin |
| County: | Cunningham |
| Description: | A town about 6 km W by S of Condobolin Aerodrome. |
| Meaning: | Aboriginal for hop bush - a species of Dodonaea. Also: said to be a Wiradhuri term for 'hop bush'. (Not verified). (Appleton; 1992). |
| Origin: | Named by William Lee in 1848, gazetted Dec 2nd 1859. Meaning varies - 'hop bush' or 'hop brush'; 'a shallow crossing P. 28-29. (Information from Down the Lachlan Years Ago-Condoblin. William A. Bayley) |
| History: | Two pastoral runs in this district that bore this name, owned respectively by Benjamin Boyd and William Lee. |
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