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Tregeagle, New South Wales

Tregeagle () is a locality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the City of Lismore local government area and is located south-east of Lismore. In the it had a population of 428 people.

The Traditional owners are the Widjabul and Wia-bal people of the Bundjalung Nation.

Origin of place name

Like the nearby Repentance Creek early European settlers referred to this area as Boggy Creek but the name was later changed to a name which was, before then, being used at a local property owned by the Anstey family. The name change occurred around 1920.

The name Tregeagle is derived from the Bundjalung language word Dirrigeagle which is a kind of local gorse.

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