Armidale

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Cara
Sir Maurice O'Connell's name for Hillgrove, about 25 km east of Armidable.

Reed, A..W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.71.


Jalgumbun
Now called Mount Lindesay in the Nandewar Range north of Gunnedah.

Reed, A..W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.75.


Kindur River
An Aboriginal name for the Gwydir. The name was used by the escaped convict, George Clarke, which prompted Thomas Mitchell's first journey of exploration.

Wells, William Henry, A Geographical Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, Sydney, 1848, p.223.


New Caledonia
A common name in the 1830's for the New England district.

Reader's Digest, Book of Historic Australian Towns, Sydney, 1982, p.23.


Trial River
Probably so named because it falls into Trial Bay. Earlier it had been called the New River and the Wright River. Finally, in 1835, it was named the Macleay River after Alexander Macleay, the Colonial Secretary of New South Wales. It enters the sea near Kempsey.

Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p. 145.