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Place names

The Yugambeh names for places across our Country, as recorded in Margaret Sharpe’s Yugambeh dictionary.

Map of Yugambeh Country with place names marked GuginginMununjaliMigunburriWangerriburraBullonginKombumerriTulgiginMurangburraCudgenburra LoganJimboombaCoomeraBoonahBeaudesertSouthportNerangMaroonHillviewTweed HeadsMurwillumbahKunghurBillinudgel
Tap a place to read its names. Pins are approximate.

Beyond the map

The dictionary also records names for places in Moreton Bay and further south.

About these names

Each name, meaning and note here comes from Margaret Sharpe’s Yugambeh dictionary, which brings together word lists recorded by many different people. Spellings follow Sharpe. Open an entry in the dictionary to see who recorded the name and how they spelt it.

The dictionary records more place names than are shown here.