Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 26th May 2013 | |
| Reference: | 7275 |
| Placename: | Bombala |
| Designation: | Town |
| Status: | Assigned 28th April 1972 |
| LGA: | Bombala |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -36 55 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 149 14 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -36 54 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 149 14 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Bombala |
| 1:100000 Map: | Bombala 8724 |
| Parish: | Bombala |
| County: | Wellesley |
| Description: | A town on the Bombala River and Monaro Highway about 60km WSW of Bega and about 90 km S of Cooma. |
| Meaning: | Aboriginal: meeting of the waters. (Reed 1967) Also: said to have come from an Aboriginal term for 'meeting of waters' but no linguistic evidence for this. (Appleton,1992). |
| Origin: | Aboriginal. Bombala was established in 1851. |
| History: | Originally Ngarigo Aboriginal land. (Appleton,1992). |
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