Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 37210 |
| Placename: | Merimbula |
| Designation: | Locality |
| Status: | Assigned 29th January 1999 |
| Previous Names: |
Merrimbula Port Merrimbula |
| GNB File: | GNB3735, 731 |
| LGA: | Bega Valley |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -36 54 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 149 54 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -36 53 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 149 54 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Pambula |
| 1:100000 Map: | Bega 8824 |
| Parish: | Pambula |
| County: | Auckland |
| Description: | Town on the south coast about 24 km south south east of Bega. Boundaries within Bega Valley Council area shown on map GNB3735. |
| Meaning: | Aboriginal word meaning big snake (Anthropological Society of Australasia papers 1899) Also: Said to Aboriginal for 'big snake' but no linguistic evidence for this. (Appleton; 1992). |
| Origin: | Aboriginal. Also: from 'Merimboola' for 'big snake' or 'place of two waters or lakes'. (McCarthy; 1963). Endacott (1955) says Merrimbula means Two waterholes. |
| History: | Formerly Dyirringany land. (Appleton; 1992). |
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