Woombah

Woombah (coord|29|22|S|153|18|E|type:city_region:AU-NSW) is a small bushland village in Clarence Valley. This hamlet is located to the south of the World Heritage Listed Bundjalung National Park. It is home to a pottery gallery and one of the world's southernmost coffee plantations.

First Europeans settled in Woombah in 1830. The first European industry in Woombah was timber getting [http://www.id.com.au/clarencevalley/commprofile/default.asp?id=256&gid=120&pg=1&bhcp=1] , and still occurs today.

There is a significant aboriginal site at Woombah [http://www.yambansw.com.au/content/pages/about_yamba/indigenous_heritage.htm] [http://www.touristparks.com/article.htm?qa=auangour] [http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/heritage/photodb/imagesearch.pl?proc=detail;barcode_no=rt10764]

An aboriginal name for the star Canopus is Womba, meaning the "Mad Star" [http://www.warrumbung-e.schools.nsw.edu.au/AblStud/Ablstud.html] [http://www.infomotions.com/etexts/gutenberg/dirs/etext03/tetas10.htm]