Bogangar is a town in theTweed Shire located in north-easternNew South Wales, Australia, and includes Cudgen Lake, Norries Headland and the locality ofCabarita Beach on the east.[2] Locally, the names Bogangar and Cabarita Beach are interchangeable,[3] with more residents choosing to use the latter. In the 2016 Census, Bogangar had a population of 3,060.[1]
Bogangar takes its name from theBandjalang-Yugambeh dialect chain word `bobingah' meaning a highland.[4]
The word Bogangar is ofAboriginal origin and literally means "a place of many pippies" and tiny molluscs were once encountered along the shorelines of the Pacific.
Bogangar Public School was opened on 16 February 2004.
