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GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT
1st March 2019
Reference:   78662
Placename:   Wamboin
Designation:   Rural Place
Status:   Assigned 8th November 2002
LGA:   Palerang
Approx. AGD66 Lat:   -35 15 30
Approx. AGD66 Long:   149 17 00
Approx. GDA94 Lat:   -35 15 24
Approx. GDA94 Long:   149 17 04
Topographic Map:   Bungendore
1:100000 Map:   Canberra 8727
Parish:   Wamboin
County:   Murray
Description:   A Rural Place centered around the junction of the parishes of Wamboin, Amungula and Goorooyarroo and bordered in the south by the NSW/ACT border.
Meaning:   The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies advised the proposer that the word Wamboin meant kangaroo in the Didawall language.
Origin:   A decision by Council at the Council Meeting of the 5-Sep-1980.
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