Box 4 Folder 3: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 11

Name of Place	Meaning or reason Why it was Given	Name of Place	Meaning or Reason Why it was Given
		Goondoobluie	Wild Willow Tree
		Collymongle	Very long waterhole or Lagoon
Wirrabilla	warerhole haunted by fish in shape of debbil-debbil.	Barwon	Nice water, so called because the water in the river was always good to drink-
Eulabil	rocks and waves of good fishing-ground.	Yarrae-bluie	Name of a stony ridge-
Wonolga	name of a plain.	Wonder-buller-nudaldi	This place was so called because it was the place where the blacks first saw a white man
Thoolooma	thunder	Coomer	Name of a sand Bank
Mogil Mogil	the bumble tree or wild orange	Thinnerwau	Emu
Barl-thurra-thurra	Spur-winged pluver. The blacks name nearly all the birds from their note of call for instance	Kee-bar-boo	Day-break
Jirry Jirry	Wag-tail's note of call	Uri	The sun
Goo-Goo- Gar-Gar	Laughing Jackass	Killā	The moon
Bul-lar-lool	Dead box tree	Mirree	a Star
Eurooe	Scrub	Goonergueler	Clouds
Gumca	Red dust
Thulangar	Salt Bush Plains	Yubbah	Carpet Snake
Bridgery-avu	Name of a haunted Tomb	Yarrabee	Gum tree
Birrey-Birrey	Place so called because 2 blacks of different tribes fought a duel there-
Binger-Wingle	Name of Needlewood tree-
Barreubah	Brigalow trees
Theeni	Iron Bark tree
Buther	Rose wood tree	Most of the places are called after the names of the trees J.R. Walker Mogil Mogil
Gilla	Wild Hop tree
Moodgoo	Oak Tree
Coodoo	Cod fish
Goobaygullah	[Canaul]? bush tree

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