Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .
So, the earliest examples are from 1890 ... did anything happen in the life of Narellan round about then, to put it in the public eye? Perhaps it became a residential area, or a resident won cartloads of money and gave the neighbours a huge party? It seems from your Wikipedia reference that it's been around since about 1805, and then suddenly became attractive to namers nearly a century later. Odd ...
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Narelle, the mystery Australian name  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/17/2007, 1:14 PM
Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/18/2007, 5:03 AM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/19/2007, 8:55 PM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/19/2007, 11:27 PM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Anneza  ·  6/18/2007, 7:10 AM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/18/2007, 8:06 AM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Anneza  ·  6/18/2007, 10:44 PM
Re: Ahh, Narelle . . .  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/19/2007, 11:24 PM
Re: Emmarentia  ·  Cleveland Kent Evans  ·  6/19/2007, 9:10 AM
Oh, is *that* where Emerence comes from?  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/19/2007, 11:22 PM
OT but one of the Chalet School series?  ·  Poppylena  ·  6/20/2007, 12:49 AM
Got it in one :-D  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/20/2007, 12:56 AM
She was in others too  ·  Poppylena  ·  6/20/2007, 2:02 AM
Re: Emmarentia  ·  Anneza  ·  6/19/2007, 10:51 PM
Re: Narelle, the mystery Australian name  ·  Nicola  ·  6/18/2007, 5:01 AM
It's older than 1950s - see my post :-) nt  ·  Chrisell  ·  6/18/2007, 5:04 AM
Yep, you just blew my theory right out of the water! ;) nt  ·  Nicola  ·  6/18/2007, 5:06 AM