>Andrew McPhee wrote:
>
> >FYI, Tallangatta is a town near Tangambalanga which sits under Mt.
> >Murumbarangbong which is a stones throw from Yackandandah. Try saying that
> >with a mouthful of peanuts. And it's nowhere near Wooloomooloo or Yorkeys
> >Knob.
Moose wrote:
>So is that named after a fellow named Yorkey and one of his body parts,
>possibly Yorkey's Knob before (de)rationaliation of come sort?
>
>Or is it possibly fallout from a pioneer domestic argument. "You expect
>me to believe you are so late because you lost your keys out by that
>little hill? I know what you were doing and I can guess who you were
>doing it with." Followed by a cry of pain.
>
>Moose
http://www.yorkeysknob.com/ says:
"Named after a local fisherman called 'Yorkey' who lived on the rocky hill
('knob') adjacent to Half Moon Beach in the 1880's, the story of how
Yorkeys Knob came to be is one that stirs the imagination."
Andrew McPhee
http://www.dev-stop-fix.com/
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