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Native Names of Places
| Names | Local meaning |
| Balloon | a River |
| Balloona | Well known from 'Ballina' |
| Na | To See |
| Tumcot | The Sea, 'the ocean' |
| Currenbe | That portion of Byron Bay near the point on account of the Water channels or 'Curraby' |
| Curraby | a gully |
| Belongil | because of the Inlet from the Sea |
| Burrogourro | The Sea Beach |
| Durumbil | That round Hill inside Bruns H.ds |
| Targurah | A Stopping place or camping ground |
| Nubhoy | Lawyer-cane |
| Nubhoygum | Dense Lawyer Scrub |
| Mooloobinby | a name given a small ridge (Dorans Hill) |
| Moyoncum | -- |
| Thuncogin | a prominant park & mountain North running |
| Cogin | 'the North pole' |
| Deleanberry | Wests Wind, [Worring?] |
| Worring | Cold |
| Montecollum | a [Slice]? of black feldspar |
| Currabal | The back or loins |
| Billenargil | Middle ground between the seas & a [?] |
| Thulgan | Lightning Electricity |
| Moogerah | Thunder |
| Coohong | Rain |
| Dunbibel | a creek at the foot of a high mountain |
| Gununggang | Dysentry or 'purging' |
| Bunungban | an implement of War [drawing shaped like number 7] similar |
| Cooyoumgungil | the Stars |
| Coonturimbar | now Gundurimbar |
| Tookerimbar | Geriard Hill |
Current Status:
Completed