PASSING THOUGHT: Love this bite-size chunk of history behind Temora's name...
— 🇺🇦🌻Gemma Wiseman-on Wiradjuri land (@AuraGem) April 23, 2022
The Wiradjuri Dictionary (2010) does not list "temora" or any words similar to it, but the Dharug language dictionary online defines "temora" as "a tree standing alone".https://t.co/Ls2pXmjN2R
YES!
Temora = Wiradjuri land. But a German first chose the site of Temora (although the town has a name of Irish derivation); another German laid out the township.
Sunday 24 April 2022
a tree standing alone...
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