Canonba
Canonba is a locality in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana region of New South Wales, Australia. There was also a village of the same name (sometimes spelt Canonbar or Cannonbar), which is now a ghost town. It lay on Duck Creek, a tributary of the Bogan River, approximately 30 km north-east of Nyngan. Since 1983, the old village site has been known officially as Old Canonba. History Aboriginal history The area upon which Canonba lay is on the traditional lands of the Wangaaypuwan dialect speakers (also known as Wangaibon) of the Ngiyampaa people. After colonisation, although dispossessed, the local people remained on their lands; as late as 1889, a corroboree took place near Canonba. In the year 1907, there were 35 Aborigines recorded as living at 'Canonbar'. The name Canonba may be derived from a local language word for the Shingleback lizard, shingle-back lizard (''Tiliqua rugosa''). Early settlers recalled the word as ''Carringbung''. Settler colonisation, conflict a ...
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Gregory County, New South Wales
Gregory County is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is bordered by Bogan River in the west, and includes the area to the northeast of Nyngan, New South Wales, Nyngan. It includes the Macquarie Marshes Nature Reserve, and the town of Quambone, New South Wales, Quambone. Gregory County was named in honour of Surveyor-General and explorer, Sir Augustus Gregory, Augustus Charles Gregory (1819-1905. Parishes within this county A full list of parishes found within this county; their current Local government in Australia, LGA and mapping coordinates to the approximate centre of each location is as follows: References

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