Mount Chincogan ()
is located northwest of
Mullumbimby
file:BigThingsMullumbimby.jpg, Welcome sign in Mullumbimby
Mullumbimby, locally nicknamed Mullum, is a town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Austra ...
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New South Wales
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and west of
Ocean Shores. It was part of a large shield volcano
Mount Warning (Wollumbin) which erupted about 12 million years ago. It is a remnant of the crater wall of a large vent of the Volcano (the main vent was located at Mt Warning which is the remnant of the lava plug and magma chambers that eroded at a much slower rate than the surrounding remnants). The curvature of the crater wall is more obvious when viewed from the south and east, e.g. Cape Byron and Brunswick Heads.
It is on the land of the
Bundjalung (Arakwal) people and is a sacred women's site.
Origin of place name
The name Chincogan is thought to have been derived from a
Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages
Yugambeh–Bundjalung, also known as Bandjalangic, is a branch of the Pama–Nyungan language family, that is spoken in north-eastern New South Wales and South-East Queensland.
Yugambeh–Bundjalung was historically a dialect continuum con ...
word ''Thuncogin'' which is said to mean 'low behind and high in front' although, more specifically it is said to mean 'northward facing male genitals. It is thought that the mountain is likely to have been a fertility site.
References
Mountains of New South Wales
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