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As I understand you are about
to put into some definite form - the
locations of the different dialects -
and meanings of each word as you can
obtain - of a reliable source I have
supplied the corrections as per enclosed
which I trust may be given to you.
Yours truly
T.S. Richardson
| Bulga Bulga | Mountains - not "many men" |
| Cullin-goin | Blood & Water |
| Dubbo | Covering for the head woven from Possum fur |
| Eena weena | A Woman at a fire |
| Merri Merri | The Common dogs |
| Mumblebone | From Mumble - the native Beech - Gone |
| Terramungamine | place of a broken thigh |
| Weemobah | Plane of fire |
Corrections
Bathurst
"Ed Solman" written in pencil 13 June 1904
The Hon Secretary
Royal Anthropological Society
Sydney
Dear Sir
My attention has been drawn in your
last issue to the meanings of place
names - as supplied by officers of the
Survey Department.
While giving credit to these Officers
for their effort in this direction and
recognizing the great difficulty I have
always experienced in obtaining meanings
of words from even the most intelligent
blackfellow - still it would be a great
pity if erroneous explanations of such
should obtain a place-
I have only dealt with these in
the Dubbo District or Wirradjerry -
Dialect with which I am acquainted-