Bangalee, New South Wales
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Bangalee Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates: 34°50′34″S 150°33′06″E / 34.84278°S 150.55167°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | New South Wales | ||||||||||||
| Region | South Coast | ||||||||||||
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| Elevation | 53 m (174 ft) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 657 (2016 census)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 2541 | ||||||||||||
| County | Camden | ||||||||||||
| Parish | Illaroo | ||||||||||||
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Bangalee is a suburb of Nowra in the City of Shoalhaven in New South Wales, Australia.[3][4] It lies north of the Shoalhaven about 7 km to the northwest of Nowra. At the 2016 census, it had a population of 657.[2]
Bangalee is an Aboriginal name meaning "sandy beach" and was the original name for the Shoalhaven River. Bangalee was also a name "used by Cliff Richards for his pleasure grounds which were situated near where [Bengalee] Creek runs into the Shoalhaven River".[3]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bangalee (NSW) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Bangalee". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Bangalee". Geographical Names Register (GNR) of NSW. Geographical Names Board of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
- ^ "Bangalee". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 5 December 2018.