Koonyum Range | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 409 m (1,342 ft) AHD |
Geography | |
Country | Australia |
State | New South Wales |
Range coordinates | 28°32′54″S153°24′04″E / 28.54833°S 153.40111°E |
The Koonyum Range is a mountain range located in the Australia state of New South Wales. [1]
The name Koonyum is probably derived from the Gidabal term "gunyin" for anus. [2]
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Mullumbimby is an Australian town in the Byron Shire in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. It promotes itself as "The Biggest Little Town in Australia". The town lies at the foot of Mount Chincogan in the Brunswick Valley about 9 kilometres by road from the coast. At the 2016 census, Mullumbimby and the surrounding area had a population of 3,596 people. It was first inhabited by Australian Aboriginals.
Bookham is a small village and rural locality in the South West Slopes and Riverina regions of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. It is about 29 km west of Yass on the Hume Highway.
Bulahdelah is a town and locality in the Hunter/Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia in the Mid-Coast Council local government area. At the 2016 census, the locality had a population of 1,424. The main population centre, where 69% of the area's population lived in 2006, is the town of Bulahdelah.
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The Wadbilliga River is a perennial stream of the Tuross River catchment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia.
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The Barrier Ranges or sometimes the Barrier Range and historically the Stanley's Barrier Range, is a mountain range that comprises a series of hills and higher grounds in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia, surrounding the city of Broken Hill.
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Barren Mountain is a mountain standing approximately 1,437 metres (4,715 ft) AHD , situated as one of the highest points on the Dorrigo Plateau, that is part of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Northern Tablelands and New England regions of New South Wales, Australia.
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Koonyum Range is a locality in the Northern Rivers Region of New South Wales.