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 Australia Miscellanea includes Australian Coombe placenames
and other colonial uses of the name, such as:
Coombe Brothers, 1875-84
Coombe Bros was an on and off business
relationship between the sons of James Coombe and Jane Lean: John Lean
Coombe, James Coombe and Thomas Coombe.
Coombe Place Names in Australia
Known Coombe place
names in Australia. Readers may be able to fill in gaps and add more.
There are two
lists: one for localities and one for street names.
Localities
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Locality
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Named After
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Reference
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Coombe, Coorong District Council,
South Australia (also Coombe Hundred and Coombe railway station)
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Ephraim Henry Coombe, MP (1858-1917)
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SA Placenames
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Coombe Point, Northern
Territory
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King, Anna Josepha (1765-1844), nee Coombe, wife of NSW
Governor Philip Gidley King.
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NT
Placenames
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Coombe’s Swamp, later Hill
End, now West End, Brisbane
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William Coombe (c. 1808-1878)
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Courier-Mail, 19 Feb 1938
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Coombs
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Dr Herbert Cole ‘Nugget’
Coombs
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ACT Planning and Land
Authority
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Streets
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Street Name
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Where
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Comment / Named After
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Reference
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South Australia
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Coombe Street
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Ovingham, Adelaide, SA
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Samuel Coombe
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SA Placenames
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Coombe Road
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Allenby Gardens, Adelaide,
SA
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Samuel Coombe
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Newspapers
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Coombe Road
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Salisbury, Adelaide, SA
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Coombe Road
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Port Pirie, SA
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Coombe
Brothers
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Coombe Road
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Northern Areas Council,
near Stone Hut, about 35km NE of Port Pirie, SA
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Coombe Street
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Berri, SA
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Coombe Street
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Gawler East, SA
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probably Ephraim Coombe the younger or his son
E.H. Coombe. Named in 1866.
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Coombe Terrace
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Coonalpyn, SA
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probably Ephraim Coombe the younger or his son
E.H. Coombe
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Coombe Street
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Nangwarry, SA
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near Mt Gambier
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Coombe Terrace
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Waikerie, SA
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Kerta Weeta Ave
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Black Forest, SA
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Estate of John Lean Coombe
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Newspaper
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Western Australia
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Coombe Avenue
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Armadale, WA
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Coombe Street
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Collie, WA
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Coombe Street
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Bayswater, WA
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Coombe Street
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Kalgoorlie, WA
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Likely James Coombe (1845-1928), timber merchant
and councilor.
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Victoria
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Coombs Road
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Tatura, VIC
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Queensland
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Coomb Street
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Seventeen Mile Rocks, QLD
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Likely pioneer south bank
farmer William Coombes who
died here.
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Coombe Street
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Gympie, QLD
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Percy Samuel James Coombe
(son of James Knight Coombe) who had a
foundry in the street.
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Researcher Judy Berlak
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New South Wales
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Coombe Street
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Wollongong, NSW
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Possibly (Jemima) Julia Coombes
(nee Waldron), wife of Rev William Coombes.
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Pioneer Park Cemetery
Waldrons
of Illawarra
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Australian Capital
Territory
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Coombe Street
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Bonython, ACT
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Ephraim Henry Coombe, MP (1858-1917)
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ACT Planning and Land
Authority
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Coombs Place
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Kambah, ACT
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Rev. William Henry Coombs
(1816-96)
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Updated: 29 Jan 2016
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