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Tumbarumba (LOCALITY), NSW Details
History
Formerly Wiradhuri land.
Description
A town about 2.5km W by S of Tumbarumba Trig. Station and about 2km N of Tumbarumba Cemetery. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3808
Meaning
Reported to mean HOLLOW SOUNDING GROUND Also: is probably a Wiradhuri term for sound or thunder though other Wiradhuri terms for thunder have been recorded. Also: sounding ground; Also: place of big trees. (McCarthy; 1963).
Origin
Aboriginal.
Tumbarumba (LOCALITY), NSW
| title | Tumbarumba (LOCALITY) |
| additional | |
| state | NSW |
| reference | 60433 |
| placename | Tumbarumba |
| designation | LOCALITY |
| geographical name | |
| previous names | Town of Tumbarumba |
| lga | TUMBARUMBA |
| description | A town about 2.5km W by S of Tumbarumba Trig. Station and about 2km N of Tumbarumba Cemetery. Boundaries shown on map marked GNB 3808 |
| meaning | Reported to mean HOLLOW SOUNDING GROUND Also: is probably a Wiradhuri term for sound or thunder though other Wiradhuri terms for thunder have been recorded. Also: sounding ground; Also: place of big trees. (McCarthy; 1963). |
| origin | Aboriginal. |
| history | Formerly Wiradhuri land. |