History
It is commonly believed that Winmalee is an Aboriginal word for north. But, as Aboriginal cultures did not use north, south, east or west, this is doubtful. It is more likely a corruption of the world Wimlah, the name of one of the Three Sisters, a rock formation 35 km to the west.Winmalee is a made up name by a 14 year old and has no indigenous connection. There was a competition to find a name for North Springwood when the Geographical Names Board wanted to remove the compass prefixes from the names of towns and suburbs of New South Wales and I think that the only one changed was North Springwood, the local community had a lot of public meetings about the name change.
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