Bombala means "meeting of the waters" in the Aboriginal

Indigenous Australians

Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....

language. The head of the Bombala River is in the Brown Mountain area with other rivers running into it. The one that meets it at Bombala is the Coolumbooka River. The river than meanders along to the Quidong River where it also meets the Delegate River and they all run into the mighty Snowy River.