Notes on the Origins and Locations of Place Names
Newcastle ~ Lake Macquarie ~ Hunter Valley
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Kahibah - Quick, active, eager (aboriginal meaning). See Dangar's map [29]
Kaiaraba - place of sea weeds
Kalburn Estate - Near Trevallyn on the Paterson River
Kalingo or Kaligo- near Ellalong (aboriginal meaning by the water)
Kalingo Colliery - established 1939 near Cessnock
Kallitoota - Aboriginal meaning Evergreen
Kalsina Flat - Mayfield East was originally known as Kalsina Flat because the original inhabitants worked at the Calcina Furnaces at the Port Waratah copper smelting works.
Kaluda - 560 acres part of the original Lochinvar estate granted to Leslie Duguid purchased by J.F. Doyle. John Doyle established a vineyard which was managed by P. Terrior. By 1933 the farm was a dairy and owned by the Gurr family
Kamilaroi tribe - from headwaters of the Hunter from the Talbragar to the Nunmurra waters
Kangaroo Hills - Lease of Henry Dangar in the New England
Kangra Creek - Co. Northumberland - a small tributary of the Mangrove Creek. [37]
Kangy Angy - a mountain situated in Co. Northumberland near Wyong Creek
Kankool - A wallaroo (aboriginal meaning)
Kanwal - aboriginal meaning great, large - Central Coast
Karakunba - a place of swamp oaks
Kareen - a river situated in district of Liverpool Plains; flows into the Gwyder
Karrabee - A cockatoo (aboriginal meaning)
Karraganbal Point - Co. Northumberland. Tuggerah Beach Lakes. [37]
Karrak - Manning River aboriginal meaning Spittle
Karuah - A native plum tree (aboriginal meaning). Parish situated in Co. Gloucester bounded on the N. by A.A. Co Estate; on the S. by Tarean; E. by the Karuah river; and W. by Horton
Kawanggawa Brook - Flows into the Hunter River -Dangar's Map [29]
Kayuga - A plain (aboriginal meaning). Estate of Donald McIntyre - Upper Hunter. Kamilaroi aboriginal name Talgoobewaa
Kearsley - After William Kearsley the first member of Parliament for Cessnock
Keel-keelba - a place of grass tree
Keepit - district of Liverpool Plains on the Namoi river. William Sims Bell's station
Keepit - Co. of Parry, postal village 313 miles N. of Sydney. [37]
Keera - district of Liverpool Plains on Bundara Creek; A. McPherson's station
Keightly st. Newcastle - named after Stewart Keightly, Mayor of Newcastle [3]
Keinbah - Place of termites
Kellabakh - Manning River aboriginal name for the Blue Gum Tree
Kelso Estate - Near Singleton. Alexander Munro established the Bebeah Vineyard on the estate
Kelso Place - Singleton
Kelvinside - estate near Aberdeen
Kemp St. Newcastle - named after Simon Kemp, Mayor of Newcastle [3]
Kendall Grange - Morisset Park
Kennington - Estate of William Peppercorn and then William Bowden. Near Tomago on the opposite bank to the Hexham Hotel ( 1878)
Kenrick Cottage - Lake Macquarie Road, Newcastle 1862
Kenrick St. Newcastle - named after Atwell Kenrick, wharf manager and coal salesman who succeeded William Croasdill [3]
Kerowahlahrn - Dangar's 1828 map - area between Lake Macquarie and Catherine Hill Bay
Keerrabee - Co. Durham. Postal village 35 miles from Muswellbrook. [37]
Khangat Mount - Co. of Gloucester. A lofty peak lying on the S. bank of the Manning River 16 miles W of Wingham. [37]
Khanterin - Aboriginal name for Shepherd's Hill, Newcastle
Khappingal Creek - Co. of Gloucester. A small southern tributary of the Kooraingal Creek. [37]
Kiambir - run at Liverpool Plains taken up by John Miller
Kickerbill (Gilcoobil)- station of A and J. Blaxland in district of Liverpool Plains
Kilaben Bay (Killibinbin)- Lake Macquarie. Aboriginal meaning shining, bright, glorious
Kilbrawny - Butterwick - see Dangar's Map Kilcoy Estate - Raymond Terrace; also known as Timavus; a grant to W. McLean
Killabin - Shining (aboriginal meaning)
Killarney station - The Narrabri, or Nurrabri, better known as Killarney station was first taken up by Mr. Andrew Doyle
Killawarra - Manning River aboriginal meaning for a Scrub
Killingworth - coal mining town south of West Wallsend. named after a place north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Killiton Grove - Dungog district
Kimbriki - Manning River aboriginal meaning for where a kind of water weed grows. Co. of Gloucester
Kimdibakh - Co. of Gloucester. 211 miles N. of Sydney. [37]
Kimmergham Estate - Michael Henderson - Raymond Terrace
Kincumber - Belonging to an old man (aboriginal meaning). Situated Co. Northumberland, Brisbane Water
Kindur (native name for Gwydir)
Kingdon Ponds - A stream situated in the Co. of Brisbane; rises on the Liverpool range and flows into Dartbrook
Kingdon Ponds - Co. Brisbane - a small agricultural village on the creek of the same name 6 miles N. of Scone. [37]
Kinghome - Also known as Torryburn. Grant to John McIntyre - Allyn River
King Junction - Singleton district
King's Creek. Flows into the Hunter River. Near James Arndell's estate (see Dixon's map)
King's Street, Newcastle - named after Governor Phillip Gidley King [3]
King's Town - Early name for Newcastle after Philip Gidley King
Kinross - first known as Warraburreen. Grant to George Thomas Graham. Later purchased by Archibald Windeyer. Near Raymond Terrace
Kintiirrabin / Kentiirabin - aboriginal name for a small extinct volcano on the sea coast near Red Head north east of Lake Macquarie {Threlkeld}
Kirkdale - early name for Arcadia Vale after Joseph Kirk early settler
Kirkton - Estate of William Kelman. Named after Kirktown, Scotland by John Busby
Kirin Rd - Wangi. Aboriginal meaning Queen - Israel's subdivision map c. 1923)
Kiwarrie - Manning River aboriginal meaning - A lump on a tree, hollow at the top
Klundul - Manning River aboriginal name for where the Wild Carrot grows. Name for Cundletown.
Knockfinn Estate - (also Noch-fin; Knockfen) 8 miles from Maitland. Adjacent to the village of Lochinvar. Estate belonging to Vicars Jacob
Koikaligba - a place of brambles
Koiyog - the site of any native camp -Threlkeld [21].
Kolen Kolen - Mountain near Donny Brook - Dangar's Map[29]. Mount Elizabeth. Kolen = water (Aboriginal meaning)
Kollemungul (Kamilaroi)- Station on the Liverpool Plains on a lagoon of that name. Kolle means water, and mungul means mosquitoe. [40]
Komilla - Liverpool Plains [40]
Kona-konaba - Aboriginal name of the place where the stone called kona-kona is found. Name of a large mountain at the northern extremity of Lake Macquarie -Threlkeld [21]. Known as Murdering Gully.
Koolbury - Aboriginal name for Emu. Koolbury is the name of a closed railway station on the Main North railway line in the Hunter Region. The station opened in 1909 and has been removed, no trace now remains
Koonawarra - Duck's high place (Aboriginal meaning)
Kooragang - Estate situated on Mosquitto island, Port Hunter. Estate of Rev. C. Pleydell N. Wilton, Chaplain of Christ Church Newcastle (1848 Well's Gazetteer). Aboriginal meaning Brolga
Kooraingel Creek - Co. of Gloucester - a small stream rising to the S. of Tinonee, flowing into the oceean at Halliday's Point. [37]
Koore Creek - Co. of Northumberland - a small tributary of the Mangrove Creek. [37]
Kooroora Bay - Bay on the lake side of the Fennell Bay bridge
Kopurrba - name of the place from which the aborigines obtained the kopurra a yellowish earth -Threlkeld [21]
Korribakle Creek - Co. of Gloucester - a small creek draining Larry's Flat, and flowing into Burril Creek. [37]
Kotara - A club (aboriginal meaning Kotirra - Threlkeld [21]. . Suburb of Newcastle.
Krambakh - Manning River aboriginal meaning - a kind of gum tree the bark of which is used for torches
Kuloo - Estate of the Bettington family at Merriwa
Kulubal - a creek situated in district of Liverpool Plains running through the A.A. Co's estate
Kummari - Wangi. Aboriginal meaning - north. (Israel's subdivision map c. 1923)
Kumbaddelo - Liverpool Plains [40]
Kundibakh - Manning River aboriginal name for The Apple Tree
Kundabakl Creek - Co. of Gloucester, a small tributary of Burril Creek, draining Larry's Flat. [37]
Kurraka - Awabakal for the entrance to Glenrock Lagoon
Kurrahboolya -Meaning fork, two gullies, two streams etc., aboriginal name for the junction of the Crawford and Myall Rivers. Bulahdelah.
Kurra-kurran - the name of a place in which there is almost a forest of petrifications of wood of various sizes. It is in a bay at the north western extremity of Lake Macquarie {Threlkled [21]}
Kurrundarra - homestead of Archibald Bell later known as Corinda. Situated across the Hunter River from Glendon - Dangar's Map[29]
Kurranulla Creek - Flows into Carrow Brook. Mt. Royal Ranges.
Kurri Kurri - The beginning, the very first (aboriginal meaning)
Kuttai - the site of Sydney Light house or any peninsula
Kyle - Co. of Gloucester. A postal village 261 miles N of Sydney. [37]
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