Bogangar

Town on Tweed Coast, New South Wales, Australia

Bogangar
New South Wales

Bogangar

Coordinates| 28°19′54″S 153°33′35″E﻿ / ﻿28.3318°S 153.5596°E﻿ / -28.3318; 153.5596
Population| 3,060 (2016 census)[1]
LGA(s)| Tweed Shire
State electorate(s)| Electoral district of Tweed
Federal division(s)| Division of Richmond

Bogangar is a town in the Tweed Shire located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, and includes Cudgen Lake, Norries Headland and the locality of Cabarita Beach on the east.[2] Locally, the names Bogangar and Cabarita Beach are interchangeable,[3] with more residents choosing to use the latter. In the 2016 Census, Bogangar had a population of 3,060.[1]

Bogangar takes its name from the Bandjalang-Yugambeh dialect chain word `bobingah' meaning a highland.[4]

## History

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The word Bogangar is of Aboriginal origin and literally means "a place of many pippies" and tiny molluscs were once encountered along the shorelines of the Pacific.

Bogangar Public School was opened on 16 February 2004.

## See also

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* Cabarita Beach, New South Wales
* Northern Rivers

## References

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1. ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bogangar (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
2. ^ Geographical Names Board of NSW file GNB3810, 4780
3. ^ see Executive summary pg.5
4. ^ J Evans, Science of Man 21.3.1903

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Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia

Federal divisions|

* Cowper
* Page
* Richmond

State electorates|

* Ballina
* Clarence
* Lismore
* Tweed

Local government areas|

* Ballina
* Byron
* Clarence Valley
* Kyogle
* Lismore
* Richmond Valley
* Tweed

Major cities/towns|

* Ballina
* Byron Bay
* Casino
* Grafton
* Lismore
* Tweed Heads

Minor towns|

* Alstonville
* Bangalow
* Billinudgel
* Bogangar
* Brunswick Heads
* Evans Head
* Ewingsdale
* Federal
* Iluka
* Kyogle
* Lennox Head
* Maclean
* Mullumbimby
* Murwillumbah
* Nashua
* New Brighton
* Nimbin
* Nymboida
* Ocean Shores
* Pottsville
* Suffolk Park
* Wollongbar
* Wooyung
* Yamba

Rivers|

* Back
* Barcoongere
* Beaury
* Bielsdown
* Boundary (Glen Fernaigh)
* Boundary (Nymboida)
* Byrrill
* Brunswick
* Clarence
* Coldstream
* Coopers
* Corindi
* Esk
* Evans
* Glen Fernaigh
* Leycester
* Little Nymboida
* Mann
* Nymboida
* Orara
* Oxley
* Richmond
* Rous
* Sandon
* Sandy
* Shannon Brook
* Tweed
* Wilsons
* Wooli Wooli

Ranges and mountains|

* Lamington Plateau
* McPherson
* Tweed
* Tweed Volcano
* Mount Warning

National parks|

* Border Ranges
* Chaelundi
* Nightcap
* Nymboida
* Nymboi-Binderay
* Richmond Range
* Tooloom
* Yabbra

Nature reserves|

* Andrew Johnston Big Scrub
* Booyong
* Broken Head
* Brunswick Heads
* Davis Scrub
* Limpinwood
* Numinbah
* Victoria Park

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Suburbs and localities of Tweed Shire, New South Wales

* Banora Point
* Back Creek
* Bilambil
* Bilambil Heights
* Bogangar
* Bray Park
* Brays Creek
* Bungalora
* Burringbar
* Byangum
* Byrrill Creek
* Cabarita Beach
* Carool
* Casuarina
* Cedar Creek
* Chillingham
* Chinderah
* Chowan Creek
* Clothiers Creek
* Cobaki
* Cobaki Lakes
* Commissioners Creek
* Condong
* Crabbes Creek
* Crystal Creek
* Cudgen
* Cudgera Creek
* Doon Doon
* Dunbible
* Dungay
* Duranbah
* Eungella
* Eviron
* Farrants Hill
* Fernvale
* Fingal Head
* Hastings Point
* Kielvale
* Kings Forest
* Kingscliff
* Kunghur
* Kynnumboon
* Limpinwood
* Mebbin
* Midginbil
* Mooball
* Mount Burrell
* Murwillumbah
* Nobbys Creek
* North Tumbulgum
* Nunderi
* Palmvale
* Piggabeen
* Pottsville
* Pumpenbil
* Reserve Creek
* Round Mountain
* Rowlands Creek
* South Murwillumbah
* Stokers Siding
* Stotts Creek
* Tanglewood
* Terranora
* Tomewin
* Tumbulgum
* Tweed Heads
* Tweed Heads South
* Tweed Heads West
* Tyalgum
* Uki
* Upper Burringbar
* Upper Crystal Creek
* Wardrop Valley
* Wooyung

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