Goonellabah
Goonellabah (goo-NELL-a-bah) is the eastern suburb of Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, and is on the Bruxner Highway. It sits within the City of Lismore local government area.[1]
The Traditional Owners of this area are the Widjabul people of the Bundjalung nation.[2][3][4]
The City of Lismore has its main offices on Oliver Avenue in the suburb. Kadina High School was established here in 1976. [citation needed]
Goonellabah has many sporting teams which compete in local competitions. These include football, table tennis, cricket, hockey, touch, and tennis.[citation needed]
At the 2021 census, Goonellabah had a population of 13,351.[5]
Origin of place name
[edit]The name Goonellabah is derived from the Bundjalung language word gunel which means 'native coral tree' or cunnel tree.[1][6][7]
It was previously also known as Wilsons Ridge, Newtown, Paddington and Lover's Retreat.[1]
Heritage listings
[edit]Goonellabah has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Goonellabah (Locality)". NSW Geographical Names Board. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
- ↑ "Lismore". Aboriginal Housing Office. Archived from the original on 27 December 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ↑ "Lismore council returning land to traditional owners despite opposition". The Guardian. 20 February 2022. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ↑ "Lismore's First Peoples". www.lismore.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
- ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Goonellabah". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
- ↑ Rankin, T (1898). "Aboriginal Place Names and Other Words, with their Meanings, Peculiar to the Richmond and Tweed River Districts". Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via Trove.
- ↑ Ryan, J. S. (1963). "Some Aboriginal Place-Names in the Richmond Tweed Area". Oceania. 34 (1): 38–55. ISSN 0029-8077.
- ↑ "Tulloona". New South Wales State Heritage Register. Department of Planning and Environment. H00051. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
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