List of Australian repeated place names

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Australian places include ones with names where a word is repeated to make the name. These names are nearly always derived from indigenous Australian languages.[1]

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Name State Place name meaning (where known)
Ban Ban Springs Queensland
Baw Baw National Park Victoria
Beggan Beggan New South Wales
Bli Bli Queensland
Boonoo Boonoo New South Wales The place name means "poor country with no animals to provide food" and is Aboriginal in origin.[2]
Bong Bong New South Wales The place name is Aboriginal for "blind or a watercourse lost in a swamp" or "many watercourses; many frogs".[3]
Bongil Bongil New South Wales The name Bongil Bongil is the name of a sub-group of the Gumbaingerie tribe which occupied the general area bounded by the Clarence River in the north, the Nambucca River in the south, Dorrigo in the west and the Pacific Ocean.[4]
Bungle Bungle Range Western Australia
Mount Dom Dom Victoria
Doon Doon New South Wales
Elong Elong New South Wales
Gin Gin Queensland The name was derived from the original station name, which used a local Aboriginal word indicating "red soil thick scrub".[5]
Gin Gin New South Wales
Gingin Western Australia
Gol Gol New South Wales
Greg Greg New South Wales
Grong Grong New South Wales
Jellat Jellat New South Wales
Kurri Kurri New South Wales
Lang Lang Victoria Lang Lang was formerly known as Carrington, after Lord Carrington. The Aboriginal name "Lang Lang" means "Clump of Trees".[6]
Mitta Mitta Victoria
Terrick Terrick National Park Victoria
Terry Hie Hie New South Wales
Tilba Tilba New South Wales Said to be a Thawa Aboriginal term for 'many waters'.[7]
Wagga Wagga New South Wales 'Wagga wagga' is probably a Wiradhuri term for 'many crows'. It should be noted that 'waggan', for one type of crow and 'waggura', for another have been recorded; also: reeling (a sick man or a dizzy man); to dance, slide or grind.[8]
Walla Walla New South Wales
Wangi Wangi New South Wales
Woy Woy New South Wales Said to be an Awabakal Aboriginal term for 'deep water' or 'lagoon' [9]
Yeo Yeo New South Wales


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[edit] References

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  1. ^ The White Hat Guide to Australian Place Names. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  2. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing (Reed 1967)
  3. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing (RAHS Journal Vol.1; Prt.8) and (McCarthy; 1963)
  4. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing ( R Dacker, Aboriginal Land Council, Coffs Harbour)
  5. ^ Place Name Details (PHP). Natural Resourses and Water (Queensland) (2008). Retrieved on 2008-03-13.
  6. ^ Brief History of Lang Lang
  7. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing (not verified) (Appleton; 1992)and (McCarthy; 1963)
  8. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing (not verified) (Appleton; 1992)and (McCarthy; 1963)
  9. ^ NSW Geographical Names Board citing (not verified) (Appleton; 1992)and (McCarthy; 1963)

[edit] Further reading

  • Kennedy, Brian, & Kennedy, Barbara. & Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (2006) Australian place names ABC Books for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, N.S.W. ISBN 073331760X
  • Reed, A. W. (1967) Aboriginal place names Sydney ; Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed. ISBN 0730101274 (pbk)