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Lake Macquarie name change: Newcastle's Aboriginal name Mulubinba comes from an unknown sea fern

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Updated February 16 2022 - 1:19pm, first published 9:30am
Places: Aboriginal people resting by a camp fire near Nobbys and the mouth of the Hunter River. Artwork by Joseph Lycett.
Places: Aboriginal people resting by a camp fire near Nobbys and the mouth of the Hunter River. Artwork by Joseph Lycett.

The Aboriginal name for Newcastle - Mulubinba - was named after a sea fern, University of Newcastle archivist Gionni Di Gravio says.

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Damon Cronshaw

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