What is "piggabeen"

Piggabeen is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia, in the Tweed Shire.

Piggabeen adjoins Cobaki Lakes that is situated to the northeast, Cobaki to the South East and Currumbin Valley that is situated approximately to the northwest and across the state border of Queensland.

Once predominantly a dairy farming town Piggabeen now mainly consists of acreage homesites and small hobby farms. Piggabeen has a valley that leads northwest towards the Queensland border. Piggabeen and its valley are part of the Tweed Shield Volcano and Caldera that is the largest erosion caldera in the southern hemisphere, with Mount Warning being the extinct volcano. Landmarks located in Piggabeen include the Old Piggabeen Hall and School that were both established in 1919, Piggabeen Creek, as well as Campbell Hill, (formerly Mount Campbell).

The Aboriginal meaning for Piggabeen (Valley of the Palms) is Bundjulung Piccabeen or bigibin for the Bangalow palms.