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[Page 67] Cooma SubDistrict 68
Name of Place | Meaning or Reason Why it was Given |
Cooma or Coola | a Swamp or Lake |
Numeralla | Valley of Plenty |
Nyjong | Water |
Jellamatong |
A big hill Pipe clay there with a spring of water running from it |
Murray | Make haste |
Manero | The Navel - a Womans Breasts - as named on account of the Cone-shaped pinacles on Manero now Monaro, a Plane with hills rising out of it |
Tillabudgery | Good view |
Murrumbidgee | plenty Water |
Cobbin | Good Camping Place |
Jindabyne | A Valley or Gorge |
Coolamatong | Water by a Hill |
Gungoandra | Rocky Basalt Country |
Coolboonbula | Watered by a River |
Myalla (should be Pyalla the aboriginal name) | Big talk |
Jerangle | The black peak |
Coolringdon | A black Swamp with water running through |
Bunyan | The Place where Pigeons Stay |
Coolumbla (Now Rosebrook) | Water from a Hill |
Coolerang | Little Spring |
Woolway | A place of Shelter |
Gibbergunyah | Stone House |
Nutheram natherann[?] (now Rose Valley) | A pleasant Valley |
Muronbymoney [?] (The Snowy River) | Big Rapid Water |
Current Status:
Completed