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| GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES REGISTER EXTRACT | |
| 14th December 2018 | |
| Reference: | 22417 |
| Placename: | Gundagai |
| Designation: | Town |
| Status: | Assigned 28th August 1970 |
| LGA: | Gundagai |
| Approx. AGD66 Lat: | -35 04 00 |
| Approx. AGD66 Long: | 148 06 00 |
| Approx. GDA94 Lat: | -35 03 54 |
| Approx. GDA94 Long: | 148 06 04 |
| Topographic Map: | Gundagai |
| 1:100000 Map: | Tumut 8527 |
| Parish: | North Gundagai |
| County: | Clarendon |
| Description: | A town on north side of Murrumbidgee River about 30 km NNW of Tumut and 398 km WSW of Sydney. |
| Meaning: | Derived from Aboriginal 'Gundabandoobingee' for cut (in the sinews) at the back of the knee with a tomahawk', or 'going upstream' or 'poor crows'. (From Gundagai - Its History, Verse & Song; P.5). Also: 'going upstream' or 'sinews'. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| Origin: | GUNDAGAI: Name of station owned by Ben Warby, 1826. Gazetted 10th October, 1838. Aboriginal. |
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