Canning Street, Bega
Named after Alfred Wernam Canning (1861 – 1936). Served as a licensed surveyor under the Real Property Act in Bega from 1883 -1886. Went on to survey the Canning Stock Route in Western Australia.
The Australian Encyclopedia, 6^th ed. vol. 2, p. 653.
Australian Dictionary of Biography 1891 – 1939. vol. 7, p. 557-8

Auckland Street, Bega
Named after the Imperial Colonial Secretary. One of Bega’s earliest business streets.

Zingel Place and Mecklenberg Street, Bega
Named after Frank Zingel, and their pioneer ancestors. Zingel’s grandparents owned the Mecklenberg Estate on the border of Denmark and Germany. Frank Zingel’s father acquired land in Bega where the present Mecklenberg Street now is. Members of the Zingel family erected the Bega School of Arts and the first Bega Methodist Church.
Bega District News, 3 April 1969.

Snowy Mountains Highway
Originally State Highway no. 4, then Monaro Highway. Monaro Highway name was later given to State Highway no. 19. Changed to Snowy Mountains Highway as it is the main means of access to the Snowy Mountains and is within the Monaro District for only part of its length, whereas State Highway no. 19 passes through the Monaro for its full length. To avoid confusion, the name of Monaro Highway for no. 19 was not bought in for some years.
Bega District News, 11 January 1955, p. 9
Photo - National Library of Australia. Swinbourne, Helen & Winters, Judy (2001). Bega Valley Shire : pictorial history. Kingsclear Books.

Bega - Big camping place.

Earlier derivations Bika, aboriginal meaning beautiful.

When the first station licence was taken out by Captain Ronald Campbell, it was referred to as "Biggah". Captain Campbell was a pastoralist who brought in the first cattle. In 1844 George Augustus Robinson discovered local Aborigines using "Biggah" meaning plain.

In a letter in 1844 W. Willmington who was a storekeeper at Broulee used "Bigga" and on an early plan it appears as "Bika", a Dyirringany Aboriginal word for beautiful or large.

By 1848 the licence was held by Dr George Finlay in the form of Bega.

Bemboka - The name covers the area originally known as Colombo and Lyttleton. Colombo was on the Brown Mountain side of present Bemboka and was established as a village by the Crown in 1877. A new name for the combined villages was petitioned in 1884 and Benbooka, a native name, was suggested. A name change was popular due to mail confusion with the names of Colombo (Ceylon) and Lyttleton in New Zealand. In July 1894 the Government announced the new name of Bemboka. The Aboriginal meaning is "high peak".

Bermagui - Resembling a canoe with paddles.

Candelo - There are two theories -

Cobargo - Grandfather.

Disaster Bay - Literature produced by National Parks and Wildlife Service says "Disaster Bay appears to have earned its name from the frequency of shipping disasters to have occurred there". A total of ten ships were lost there starting with the City of Sydney 1862 with the last being the Terrace Star in 1994. The Ly-ee-moon, New Guinea and Cumberland are other well known wrecks. No information on who "named" it or when.

Kalaru - In October 1966 Norman Evans submitted the name of "Kallarroo" to the Geographical Names Board for that part of Tathra Road taking in the area "from the brickyards to Evans' Hill and south to Wallagoot Lake Road turnoff."

In March 1967 the name was accepted with amended spelling. The Aboriginal meaning "roads to water" remained unchanged.

Kameruka - Wait until I return/come.

Merimbula - Two waters, or a divided lake.

Pambula - Two waters

Tathra - Beautiful country. Also Tatiara

Wandella - Bark stripped from a tree.

Wolumla - Big water hole? Wolumba?