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Meaning of Aboriginal names
Murwillumbah (Tweed)
bil - bar - gun - gin (g hard) - gar are suffixes or terminations
without any particular meaning -
| Name | Correct Aboriginal name | Meaning |
| Dunbible | Tunbibil | Tunbi - a tru |
| Cudgenbill | Quidgenbil | Quidgen - a tru |
| Pumbunbill | " | Pumbin - a tru |
| Ukerebar | Ugerebar | Ugree - a shellfish |
| Duranbar | Turanbar | Turan - a large ant - a jumper |
| Gooningbar | " | Groning - a porcupine |
| Burringbar | " | Burring - a long boomerang |
| Murwillumbar | no meaning | |
| Tumbulgum | Tumbulgin | Tumbul - a wild fig |
| Dulguigan | Tulgigin | Tulgi - a tree |
| Culgurygun | Culgury - a seed | |
| Cudgerygun | Cudgery - a tree | |
| Crowarragum | no meaning | |
| Midgeengum | Midgeen - fruit of the Midgeen tree | |
| Terragun | Turragarn | Terragarn - the Midgeen tree |
| Byangum | Beungun | Beung - father |
| Tyalgum | Dalddalgum | Daldal - a tree |
| Coolman | " | Coolman a tree |
| Kynnumbora | Kinnumbua | no meaning |
| Wollumbiri Mt | " | no meaning |
| Toonburygun | " | no meaning |
| Chindango-gulgun | Chindan a bird | |
| Tabboo - Heads | Tabboo | Tabboo - a little boy |
| Cudgen | Coodging | Coodging -red paint or clay - used by blacks |
| Chillingham Parish | Chillingham | a tree |
| Tygalgah | Tyjaljar | Tygil - the white cedar |
| Jiggijab | " | Jiggi - a tree |
| Coongoongurry | " | a tree - |
| Uki - mountain | " | uki - root of fern - (swamp fern) |
| Dungay | " | Dungay - thin bark which a white gum sheds |
| Moorarey | " | Moorarey a tree |
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