Bogangar () is a town in the
Tweed Shire
Tweed Shire is a local government area located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It is adjacent to the border with Queensland, where that meets the Coral Sea. Administered from the town of Murwillumbah, Tweed Shire ...
located in north-eastern
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
, Australia, and includes Cudgen Lake, Norries Headland and the locality of
Cabarita Beach on the east. Locally, the names Bogangar and Cabarita Beach are interchangeable, with more residents choosing to use the latter. In the 2021 Census, Bogangar had a population of 3,313.
History
The namesake for Bogangar is uncertain, though several suggestions have been put forward. One interpretation is that it takes its origin from an
Aboriginal term meaning literally "a place of many pippies".
Another interpretation is that it takes its name from the
Bandjalang-Yugambeh dialect chain word `bobingah' meaning a highland.
[J Evans, Science of Man 21.3.1903] It has also been suggested that it is from a Bandjalang-Yugambeh word for 'grass trees along a ridge', perhaps in reference to the
promontory
A promontory is a raised mass of land that projects into a lowland or a body of water (in which case it is a peninsula). Most promontories either are formed from a hard ridge of rock that has resisted the erosive forces that have removed the s ...
presently known as Norries Headland.
Bogangar Public School was opened on 16 February 2004.
See also
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Cabarita Beach, New South Wales
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Northern Rivers
Northern Rivers is the most northeasterly Regions of New South Wales, region of the Australian state of New South Wales, located between north of the state capital, Sydney, and encompasses the catchments and fertile valleys of the Clarence Ri ...
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Towns in New South Wales
Suburbs of Tweed Heads, New South Wales
Coastal towns in New South Wales