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Milparinka
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Name of Place |
Meaning or Reason why it was Given | Name of Place | Meaning or reason why it was Given |
| Ngunma-timka (Waterhole Yandama) | Breast-milk - (white water) found here. | Koorrawulpul (now Mt. Poole Stn.) | hole in Creek with never failing water |
| Tirra-Ngumma (Tilcha Creek) | Creek where ants abound, or antwater | Yandaminta a place on Mt Poole | Stoney Creek leading to open country |
| Petra Galoo (place on Tilcha) | Mulga apple trees about this place | Wanda warra (now Boolke) | open country abounding in small lakes |
| Minna Cuntimta[?](waterhole Yandama Creek) | See! Look! Who killed? where a black fellow was found murdered years ago. | Nompah (Creek much dead timber about it near the Quensland border) | Debris left by flood waters |
| Carnie wompie (swamp on Tilcha) | Carries home. | Bindy Wilpa (creek or swamp Yancannia | Where the water if [?] makes the stomach ache |
| Wilcoona (waterhole on Tilcha | Wilca-goona. waterhole frequented by dingoes | ||
| Tirra-Minna (a lake on Tilcha) | a swamp surrounded by box trees | ||
| Cunyah (a swamp on Tilcha) | Canegrass. swamp | ||
| Tiddywoolly (original name for Milparinka) | Long creek with permanent permanent waterhole | ||
| N[?]in Guinnia (now Yantara) | Big sand hills abound about here. | ||
| Wonnaminta (a station. Milparinka District) | Creek with long waterhole shaped like Boomerang. | ||
| Prinna-ngapa (now Cobham Lake) | Big water | ||
| Mooly-mungu (now Yancannia Creek) | Long Creek with little gum trees growing along its banks | ||
| Koorningberry. a mountain on Mord[?] St | Big Hill - or mountain range | ||
| Bin Birri - Mount Arrowsmith | Big sharp pointed hill. | ||
| Midtewatta - a hill near Milparinka called the Peak | Big sharp peaked hill |
Current Status:
Completed