Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 7038 |
| Placename: | Boggabri |
| Designation: | Parish |
| Status: | Assigned 16th December 1966 |
| Previous Name: | Bogabri |
| LGA: | Narrabri |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -30 42 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 150 00 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -30 41 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 150 00 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Boggabri |
| 1:100000 Map: | Boggabri 8936 |
| Parish: | Boggabri |
| County: | Pottinger |
| Description: | An administrative area containing the town of Boggabri. Corrections required on maps: Parish Bogabri to Boggabri (Boggabri map, ref: N-Warea) Bogabri trig station (do. ref: 99.05.) |
| Meaning: | Abo: Boggabri = place of creeks (James Tyrrell) do = emu with young (Fred. McCarthy, Australian Mus.) * |
| Origin: | Probable origin: 'Boggebrie': The station of J.Panton, in the district of Liverpool Plains, N.S.W., on the Nammoy River, 63 miles from Tamworth.' Well's Gazetteer, 1848, page 60. |
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