Box 4 Folder 3: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 22

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                      Aboriginal names with meanings                218

Native name                               English equivalent

23aTooniboine                 where very long talied Iguana was caught

5Milamunda
7

Lazy fellow
29Yikarreri Stagnant green water
3Bugwanada Stunted Pine with spreading branches
18Mulakabou Muddy water
5Cowl cowl Place of stones and pebble
19Mun mun Where blackfellow died & came to life
4Coombie Sort of drum used to decoy emus
9Kijini Play ground
10Koan (now coan Downs) Flint
13Marooba Like Thunder
14Meolnunni     }
   (now Hillston}
Red ground
15Murri merrijul Where a lot of Dingoes were found
12Koonamjal Dirty place (a lot of dung about)
22Taligal A great many young trees growing
28Yandembah the home of ghosts
25[Whialbah?] Home of warrigal cabbage
27Wungil Wungil named after a man climbing trees quickly

 

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