Box 4 Folder 1: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 7

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Ballina

Name of Place Meaning or Reason Why it was Given
Teven The place of Stinging Tree
Uralba A place plenteous with quartz stones
Cumbalum Place where flat fish were caught
Munkee Munkee Oysters Place where oysters had been eaten
Booyong Place where scrub timber named Booyong grew
Bullen Bullen A battle or fight
Jumcut The Ocean
Ballina from aboriginal word Bullina A fighting ground
Newrybar  The place where vines grow
Tintenbar The right-hand creek

These are the only places with aboriginal names in Ballina District

EH Thompson 
Senior Constable 
Ballina 7.9.99

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