 The earliest reference to "Barago" was noted as by George Caley in a letter to Sir Joseph Banks on 25 September 1807.The aborigines called the Bargo area "Narregarang", meaning that the soil was not firm - a shaky place.Early explorers and convicts found getting through the Bargo area a difficult experience due to the thick scrub, explorers dubbing the tricky bush the "Bargo Brush".