Re: ODD DESTINATIONS

[Chris Brownbill <cbrnbill@enternet.com.au>]

John Cleverdon wrote:
> 
> Barry Campbell wrote:
> 
> > * SNIP *
> > >
> > I always found Subiaco odd as it is Latin for "I lie down". But I don't
> > know if that's what the original poster meant but Tonsley has me
> > puzzled.
> >
> > Barry Campbell
> 
> Then there is "Ellam" in the Mallee, in Victoria.
> When the townspeople were choosing a name, someone decided the place was a bit
> "backward", hence the name.
> 

Must have been a tradition up that way - there are two adjacent towns on the
Murray river south-east of Mildura called Colignan and Nangiloc.