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Bega, NSW

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Bega (/biːɡə/) is a town in the south-east of New South Wales, Australia, in the Bega Valley Shire. It is the economic centre for the Bega Valley.

One claim is that place name Bega is derived from the local Aboriginal (Thawa language) word meaning "big camping ground". Another claim is that it is a corruption of the word "bika" in the local Aboriginal language (one of the Yuin languages) meaning "beautiful". The local Aboriginal name for Bega before colonisation was Worerker.

The Bega region was used by the Yuin-Monaro Aboriginal people for thousands of years before Europeans arrived in the area. The clan whose country occupied the Bega vicinity were called the Worerkerbrim mitte.

Bega lies at the foot of Mumbulla Mountain, named after a Yuin elder King Jack Mumbulla, whose traditional Aboriginal name is Biamanga. The surrounding National Park is named after him as Biamanga National Park.
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bega,_New_South_Wales
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Coordinates:   36°41'8"S   149°50'33"E

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  • Randy Tierman (guest)
    It was horrible. Me and my pal, Riley were hiking across the Began ranges, when suddenly, those... Those cows... They came out of nowhere! Ambushed us! We tried to get out of their; well I did, but Riley... THOSE BLOODY BEGAN SOLDIORS TOOK CAPTURED HIM!! Probably took him off to one of their Began camps or something. Poor, poor Riley....
  • Randy Tierman (guest)
    We need to fight back against the Bovine soldiors of Bega! I have heard rumours of a special army, plotting to take it down. Anyone who wishes to stop the Begans, go to the Norde. Coordinates are as follows: {http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-34.​5589045&lon=150.8329457&z=20&l​=0&m=b} Join the Norde and stop the Begans...
  • Randy Tierman (guest)
    Sorry, those coordinates were wrong. The correct adress is: {http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-34.558836&lon=150.8331589&z=20&l=0&m=b&show=/21745175/The-Norde}
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