| Name of Place |
Meaning or Reason why it was Given |
Name of Place |
Meaning or Reason why it was Given |
| Caddajin |
Plenty big round stone on Clear Plain |
Bungugal |
A mountain where there are plenty kangaroos |
| Arrabri |
Big mountain near Blackfellow House |
Bora |
Place where Aborigines meet to "make men" secretly |
| Nundah |
River with good water |
Coolaga |
Hunting place for native bears |
| Googee |
Hunting ground for oppossum & kangaroo |
Cowgengi |
Place where tree grows from which Blacks make "Heelaman" or stick for throwing spear |
Rumbariah |
Big mountain where Blackfellows meet |
Guinargie |
Big Lagoon. plenty further |
| Goonegah |
Big clear Corrobree ground and meeting place |
Gooro |
A Big Gorge |
| Nundah Urrah |
River running across Plain |
Moonyugin |
Mountain supposed (by Blacks) full of vermin |
| Ollpin |
Plenty Oak for shelter near big plain |
Marreyourga |
Flat rock showing Shape of a man's hand |
| Orriwill |
Plenty white Gumtrees |
Queeryourga |
Freshwater Creek with mullet in |
| Kittani |
Big Mountain with plenty scrub about |
Toora |
Place where there are plenty Bandicoots |
| Bungawitta |
Plenty flying squirrell & opossum |
Quangduan |
Big Fog |
| Cirrindah |
Bally Hill |
Woogendo |
A Scrub containing plenty Wonga Pigeon |
| Turramboyna |
Camping Place while hunting from main Camp |
Wargengie |
A Place where there are plenty Crows |
| [?]lgamboyne |
Plenty dead trees |
The foregoing names and meanings have been collected in Hillgrove District |
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| [?]mboodee |
Big mountain ? in River close by |
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John Cook
Senior Const
Hillgrove 11.9.99 |
| Ilparran |
Wild Strawberries from there |
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| Currabalboyne |
Plenty Cockatoo about |
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| Gurregory |
River with high Banks |
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| The foregoing Aboriginal Names of places & their meanings has be collected in Glen Innes District |
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