Bangalee is a suburb of
Nowra in the
City of Shoalhaven in
New South Wales
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, Australia.
It lies north of the
Shoalhaven
The City of Shoalhaven is a local government area in the south-eastern coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is about south of Sydney. The Princes Highway passes through the area, and the South Coast railway line traverses t ...
about 7 km to the northwest of Nowra. At the , it had a population of 657.
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
engaleeCreek runs into the Shoalhaven River".
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References
City of Shoalhaven
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