Jiggi, New South Wales
Jiggi | |
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  Jiggi | |
| Coordinates: 28°40′54″S 153°11′4″E / 28.68167°S 153.18444°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | New South Wales |
| Region | Northern Rivers |
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| Population | |
| • Total | 370 (2021 census)[2] |
| Time zone | UTC+10 (AEST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+11 (AEDT) |
Jiggi is a locality in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, Australia. It sits within the City of Lismore local government area and is located 22.7 kilometres (14.1 mi) north of Lismore.[3] In the 2021 census it had a population of 370 people.[2]
The Traditional owners are the Widjabul and Wia-bal people of the Bundjalung Nation.[4]
Origin of place name
The name Jiggi is derived from the Wiyabal dialect of the Yugambeh–Bundjalung languages word for either 'reeds which grow near swamps' or from the word jigay meaning 'cat bird' or juguary meaning 'cry of the cat bird'.[3] This is also considered the Aboriginal place name for Jiggi.[5]
Notes
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jiggi (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Jiggi (Locality)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Jiggi (Locality)". NSW Place and Road Naming Proposals System. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Lismore's First Peoples". www.lismore.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Rankin, T (1898). "Aboriginal Place Names and Other Words, with their Meanings, Peculiar to the Richmond and Tweed River Districts". Science of man and journal of the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia. Retrieved 5 September 2025 – via Trove.
