Box 5 Folder 2: Queensland place names, 1900 - Page 16

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Koo,yal,ee.     Spear Grass   This kind of grass is thick at this well.

Poor,ool,e,warra.     Rainbow Water

Toor,doon,gool,ah     Wild,dogs camp

Yalla   Red Water     This Water is of a red colour.

Goo,ah,noon,dah.     Snake. headed Shag. Great numbers of these birds at lagoon

Tulla,wah,jinda     Bralga. Camp,

Cool,ah lanye     Wild dogs breeding place,

Kol,moor €‹ €‹  loo     Black Bream fish

Meir,rar,ra,    Hole of Spears

Cool,ah,widgee     Large specie of Catfish

Koor,onga    Name of an extinct Tribe of blacks.

Pol,Polby,     Edible Lilies     Favourite food,for,Blacks. €‹

Nyap,arr,linye     Stinging Ray,

Moorn,dah,moor,oo     Sparrow Hawk,

Pinjeerie       Name of an aboriginal supposed to have haunted this place

Warra,Kin,joor,lee     The blacks say, a Rainbow fell and died here.

Yoon,koo,gnoo,roo       Stinking water, The Blacks will not use this water

Yarra,ralla     Saltwater Turtle

Gin,terra,Bulby     Species of venomous, black headed Snake.

Poon,vor,ree     Savage,Breed of dingo now extinct,(Aboriginal Myth)

Toom,burra       Name of dog of the  Tribe

Ju,jan,Yarra,       The blacks say,a rainbow,made this spring (Myth)

Bill,Lilly     Bloodwood tree     This water has Bloodwood timber [roun?]

 €‹Bul,Kung,gee       Name after a dog belonging to the tribe

Gin air,runda     Frill Lizard €‹

Wurl,Wurry       Named after a crippled Blackfellow

Bul,Kung-jee       Bushy,tailed,rat
  
Pin,yar,lee.     Named after a dog
  
Mitchu,urn,dah       Blubber fish
  
Malil,Malinda       Potato Yam   Small variety
  
Mee,Jah,     Lice
  
Leery,Uah,     Angry,Rainbow,   Aboriginal. Superstition
  
Cat,that,am,oor,ee     The Short River   Only .a short way from head to mouth
  
Cat,tha,lalla     The Long river,   This is Cliffdale creek
  
Warl,koo Ra     The Sun.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  

  
  

  

  
  

  

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