Editing Mudgee (section)

==== Significance of local names ====
Many place-names in the region are derived from the original [[Wiradjuri language]], including Mudgee itself, which was named by the Wiradjuri clan who lived there. There are various translations as to what Mudgee means including "resting place", "contented", "nest in the hills" as well as "friend or mate" which the latter coincides with the Wiradjuri word "mudyi".<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 December 1938 |title=Aboriginal Place Names |pages=14 |work=Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/161946744?searchTerm=aboriginal%20place%20names%20mudgee# |access-date=14 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Grant |first=Stan |title=A new Wiradjuri dictionary, compiled by Stan Grant and John Rudder |publisher=Restoration House |year=2010 |isbn=9780869421505 |location=Canberra}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-06 |title=Word Up: Nathan Sentance |url=https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/awaye/features/word-up/nathan-sentance/13125696 |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=ABC Radio National |language=en-AU}}</ref> The correct pronunciation has also been recorded as either ''Moudgee'', ''Moothi'' or ''Mougee''.<ref>{{NSW GNR|id=ujjLvqZTMn|title=Mudgee|access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55185386|title=PLACE NAMES.|date=13 May 1964|newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]]|access-date=22 February 2011|publisher=National Library of Australia|page=61}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162006353 |title=Mudgee's Earliest History |newspaper=[[Mudgee Guardian and North-western Representative]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=27 March 1933 |accessdate=15 January 2022 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Nearby places include [[Lue, New South Wales|Lue]] (Loowee, 'a chain of waterholes'); [[Gulgong]] ('a gully'); Wollar ('a rock water hole'); Menah ('flat country'); Eurunderee ('a local tree'); Guntawang ('a peaceful place'), Cooyal ('dry country'); Wilbertree ('a long switch'); Gooree ('native chasing live animal'); Burrendong ('darker than usual'). The Aboriginal name of the [[Rylstone, New South Wales|Rylstone]] area was Combamolang.