Albury
Probably named after Aldbury in Hertfordshire, now called Albury. Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.2. Crossing Place
Now called Lavington, a northern suburb of Albury on the Murray. Bayley, William A, Border city : history of Albury, New South Wales / by William A. Bayley, Bayley, p.72. Dights Forest Named after John Dight, the first European settler in the area. It was gazetted Jindera in 1869, about east of Corowa. NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols vol.9, Sydney, 1997-1999, p.58. Doodle Cooma This village, about 55 km north of Albury, was gazetted Henty in 1888 after Edward Henty, one of the Victorian Henty brothers. Reader's Digest, Illustrated Guide to Australian Places, Sydney, 1993, p.217. Federal City An over optimistic unofficial name for Albury from the 1870s. Bayley, Border city : history of Albury, New South Wales / by William A. Bayley., Albury, 1976, pp.100, 132. North Wahgunyah >Now called Corowa, on the Murray. NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols, vol.9, Sydney, 1997-1999, p.38. Oolong Now called Howlong, on the Murray. Billis, R.V, and Kenyon, A.S, Pastures new : an account of the pastoral occupation of Port Phillip, Melbourne, 1930, p.60. Ten Mile Creek So gazetted in 1848. Popularly known as Germanton and officially changed to that name in 1875-76 after Johann Pabst, licensee of the Woolpack Inn. The town was renamed Holbrook during the first world war to honour Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, VC, who took a submarine under a minefield to torpedo a Turkish battleship. Aplin, Graeme , Foster, S.G.,Mckernan, Michaely, Australians Events and Places, Sydney p.251. |