Coolangatta is an historic area in

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, on the north shore of the

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on the

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south coast.

History

Cullunghutti is a Jerrinja word meaning "splendid view". Behind the settlement is a tall hill known as Coolangatta Mountain. In 1822 Scotsman

Alexander Berry Alexander Berry (30 November 1781 – 17 September 1873) was a Scottish-born surgeon, merchant and List of explorers, explorer who was given in 1822 a land grant of 10,000 acres (40 km2) and 100 convicts to establish the first European set ...

settled and built an estate ( Coolangatta Estate) in the area, he was the first European to settle in the Shoalhaven area. In 1846 the brigantine ship ''Coolangatta'', named by Berry for his estate, was wrecked on what is today Queensland's Gold Coast. It's from that ship that the better known Coolangatta, Queensland gets its name.On This Day (pdf)
at the Shoalhaven City Council

References

External links

Coolangatta Estate Winery
{{authority control City of Shoalhaven Towns in New South Wales