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Bigga (other)
Bigga can refer to the following: Places * Bigga, New South Wales, a village in Australia * Bigga, Shetland, an island in Scotland Organisations * B.I.G.G.A., British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association BIGGA, the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association was officially formed on 1 January 1987. The association represents the interests of greenkeepers and progresses and develops of the profession of greenkeeping. BIGGA was form ... * Bigga, a Jamaican cream soda See also * Biggar (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigga, New South Wales
Bigga is a village in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Upper Lachlan Shire. It is in the Parish of Bigga, County of Georgiana. The name Bigga is thought to originate as a shortened version of the Biggs Grant. Bigga is on the western side of the Abercrombie Mountains. It is 91 km northwest of Goulburn and 52 km southeast of Cowra. Nearby towns are: Abercrombie River, Binda, Greenmantle, Grabine, Reids Flat, and Tuena. Nearby places are: Blanket Flat and Crooked Corner. These places were once towns. Bigga is noted for producing some of the world's finest superfine wool. The earliest explorer into the Bigga area was James Meehan who passed through in April 1820, travelling from Mount McDonald to Bathurst, via what was then called the Fish River, but today is known as the Lachlan River. The first official land sale in the region was of at ''Sandy Creek'' to Samuel A. Blackman in 1835. ''Sandy Creek'' was one of the first fine wool farms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bigga, Shetland
Bigga is an uninhabited island in the Yell Sound between the Mainland and Yell in Shetland, Scotland. Geography and geology Just over long, Bigga is in size, and is tall at its highest point. Bigga is a long thin island with a "head" and a "torso". The neck is formed by the bays of Wester Hevda Wick and Easter Hevda Wick, "hevda wick" being an anglicisation of the Norn/Old Norse for "seaweed bay". Cattle and sheep were formerly farmed here. The island belongs at the same time in common to the civil parishes of Delting and Yell. Bigga consists of Moine bedrock of coarsely-crystalline gneiss and quartzite. History It is thought that the name comes from the Old Norse ''bygðey'' meaning "island of the building", which may refer to an old structure. In the southern part of the island, there is an old well, chapel and burial ground. There is a small prehistoric cairn in the north of the island. In the north is the remains of Norrabister, the island's "settlement". The ''Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British And International Golf Greenkeepers Association
BIGGA, the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association was officially formed on 1 January 1987. The association represents the interests of greenkeepers and progresses and develops of the profession of greenkeeping. BIGGA was formed from three existing associations, the British Golf Greenkeepers Association GGA the English and International Greenkeepers Association IGGAand the Scottish and International Greenkeepers Association IGGA The membership of BIGGA has grown from 1,200 in 1987 to over 6,000 currently, and currently boasts a membership demographic spanning over 31 countries. The association offers several membership levels: * Full membership, for those employed in the maintenance of sports turf at a sports facility * Associate Member, for those employed in the maintenance of sports turf but do not hold NVQ/SVQ qualification or have three years continuous relative experience * Student membership, for those studying a relevant course * Affiliate membership, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
