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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 69315 |
| Placename: | Dubbo |
| Designation: | City |
| Status: | Assigned 28th May 1976 |
| Previous Name: | Town of Dubbo |
| GNB File: | GNB3695 |
| LGA: | Dubbo |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -32 15 30 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 148 36 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -32 15 24 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 148 36 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Mogriguy |
| 1:100000 Map: | Dubbo 8633 |
| Parish: | Dubbo |
| County: | Gordon |
| Description: | A city about 15 km WSW of Beni and about 8 km S by W of Brocklehurst. |
| Meaning: | Also: a Wiradhuri Aboriginal term for 'cap' or 'head covering'. Refers to red clay cap worn by Wiradhuri women when in mourning. (Appleton; 1992). Also: from 'Tubbo' for 'eagle-skin head covering', 'netted for- ehead band', 'red ochre'or 'gypsum'. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| Origin: | DUBBO - named by Robert Venour Dulhunty, in 1833, Aboriginal word meaning 'red earth'; may be after Aboriginal servant; also roof of homestead resembled ceremonial headgear-native word - Thubbo or Dubbo. P. 38. (Infor. from Dubbo - 100 years of Local Government) |
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