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                                                               Nowra

Name of Place Meaning or reason Why it was Given
Niooka A green hill
Brinawa a place where rock lilies grow
Jeroo  Aborigines camping ground
Thundagulla A flat piece of land
Coomunderry A small narrow hill
Gurrawa A small creek at Jervis Bay
Belarah A foggy place at Broger's Creek
Gimboolah A long range of high Mountains
Meanderry  An inlet from the sea at Jervis Bay
Kangaloola Kangaroo hunting ground
Gullallie a gully
Binging The town of Berry
Bimbara Bomaderry Creek
Bangalee A sandy beach, Shoalhaven River
Bundara A cluster of trees at the edge of a swamp
Nowra Two (you and me)
Coorang atta A Mountain at Coolangatta
Elouera Good Camping ground nr seaside
Booderee Entrance to Jervis Bay between the Heads
Bulla Two Mountains at Bulli
Nitti or Nijung Water
Cooroombong Creek with rocky bottom
Woolamia Schnapper fishing place
Bundanon A horse run on Shoalhaven River
Kiarama Fig tree near Kiama
Coogee Stinking place near Sydney
Tapella  Signal point at Jervis Bay
Jinga Bulla Worrigee Will go there, it's not far
Cambewarra  Big fire in a mountain
Terara A scrubby place
Bellawongarah Camping place in the mountains, nr Berry
Gillamagong House of big (rich) white man at Coolangata
Wandrawandian Home of the lost lovers

 

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