Box 4 Folder 1: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 82

[Page 82]                 Bungwall Flat                                                                          82

                                                                                                    Police Station
                                                                                                      Bungawahl Flat
                                                                                                        28 September 1899

       Re Returns of Aboriginal Names of Places 
and their meanings   

                      Constable T.W. Green No [?]926,
Reports ÷ that there are no Aboriginals residing
in this district from whom any information
could be obtained, The Constable has made
inquiries among the Oldest residents of this
district; and find that "Bungwahl" is the
name of a Root that grows in a swamp
here which the natives used as food,
when other provisions were scarce
                                                                                                              T.W. Green
                                                                                                              1st C[lass] Constable

[?] Sub Inspector Fowler  }
 West Maitland                }