Editing Coffs Harbour (section)

==Origin of place name==
The [[Gumbaynggirr language]] name, for the harbour for which the town is named, is ''Gitten Mirreh'' which translates as 'big moon'.<ref name=":2" />

Coffs Harbour, the town, owes its name to John Korff, a ship builder and ship owner, who named the area Korff's Harbour after he was forced to take shelter from a storm there in 1847.<ref>{{cite book|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography|chapter=Korff, John (1799–1870)|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|chapter-url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/korff-john-3968|access-date=1 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724035527/http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/korff-john-3968|archive-date=24 July 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Coffs Harbour (Suburb) |url=https://proposals.gnb.nsw.gov.au/public/geonames/b53c5f18-3c32-4c07-a309-36b44b78c50f |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=NSW Geographical Names Board}}</ref>

The name was accidentally changed by the surveyor for the Crown when he reserved land in the area during 1861.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brambley |first=Steve |date=2023-05-13 |title=Revisiting Coffs Harbour's History |url=https://pacificmarina.com.au/coffs-harbours-history/ |access-date=2023-10-01 |website=Pacific Marina Apartments |language=en-AU}}</ref>