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Aboriginal names with meanings 218
Native name English equivalent
| 23aTooniboine | where very long talied Iguana was caught |
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Lazy fellow |
| 29Yikarreri | Stagnant green water |
| 3Bugwanada | Stunted Pine with spreading branches |
| 18Mulakabou | Muddy water |
| 5Cowl cowl | Place of stones and pebble |
| 19Mun mun | Where blackfellow died & came to life |
| 4Coombie | Sort of drum used to decoy emus |
| 9Kijini | Play ground |
| 10Koan (now coan Downs) | Flint |
| 13Marooba | Like Thunder |
| 14Meolnunni } (now Hillston} |
Red ground |
| 15Murri merrijul | Where a lot of Dingoes were found |
| 12Koonamjal | Dirty place (a lot of dung about) |
| 22Taligal | A great many young trees growing |
| 28Yandembah | the home of ghosts |
| 25[Whialbah?] | Home of warrigal cabbage |
| 27Wungil Wungil | named after a man climbing trees quickly |
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