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| 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 |
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- |
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| Binger-Wingle | Name of Needlewood tree- |
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| 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 |
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| Gilla | Wild Hop tree | ||
| Moodgoo | Oak Tree | ||
| Coodoo | Cod fish | ||
| Goobaygullah | [Canaul]? bush tree | ||
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