Extract
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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 20th June 2013 | |
| Reference: | 43323 |
| Placename: | Nyngan |
| Designation: | Town |
| Status: | Assigned 8th May 1981 |
| LGA: | Bogan |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -31 34 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 147 12 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -31 33 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 147 12 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Nyngan |
| 1:100000 Map: | Nyngan 8334 |
| Parish: | Nyngan |
| County: | Oxley |
| Description: | A town about 39 km NNW of Callubri Trig. Station and about 10 km N of Darouble Dam. |
| Meaning: | For: mussel or crayfish. (History of Nyngan. Nyngan Observer. p.17 & 21). Also: mussel; crayfish; place of many streams. (McCarthy. 1963). Mitchell recorded the name NYINGAN as meaning 'long pond of water'. (Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places). |
| Origin: | Aboriginal. |
| History: | Formerly Ngiyambaa Aboriginal land. (Appleton; 1992). Named by Major Mitchell 10/5/1835. (Info. from History of Nyngan. Nyn gan Observer). |
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