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Meaning of Aboriginal names Murwillumbah District 238 & 239
bar-bil-gar-gun-gin (g hard) bun-de-au suffixes or terminations without any meaning
| Name | aboriginal name, when they differ |
Locality when not generally known | |
| Burringbar | = | "Burring" a long boomerang for hitting with like a sword - not for throwing | |
| Ukereba creek | Ngrebai | "Ugre" a shell fish | |
| Billinudgel | Billing Nudgel | "Billing billing" - a king parrot | |
| Murwillumbah | = | no meaning | |
| Kynnum[boon?] | Kinnumbun | no meaning | |
| Tumbulgum | Tumbulgin | "Tumbul" a wild fig | |
| Dunbible | Tumbibil | Tumbi - a tree there is no local name for [?] | |
| Cudgenbill | Quidgenbil | Quidgen - a tree " | |
| Pumbinbill | = | Pumbin - a tree " | |
| Byangum | Beungum | Beung - father | |
| Tyalgum | Daldalgum | Daldal - a tree | |
| Coolman | = | Coolman - a tree | where Mr Toohill[?] lives |
| Wollumbin | = | no meaning | |
| Ironburrygun | = | Ironburry - a tree | up near Eden's selection |
| Chindangogulgun | = | Chindan - a bird | a pinnacle rock on [?] border |
| Tabboo head | Tabboo | Tabboo - a little boy | Tweed Head |
| Culgurygun | = | Culgury - a reed | where Condery mill stands |
| Condong | = | no meaning | a hill at back of Condery |
| Dulguigan | Tulguigan | Tulgui - a tree | |
| Duranbar | = | Duran - a large ant called a jumper | |
| Cudgen | Coodging | "Coodging" red paint | |
| Chillingham Parish | = | Chillingham - a tree | |
| Gooningbar | = | "Goonnig" a porcupine | |
| Tygalgah | Tygilgar | Tygil - a tree the white cedar | |
| Jiggigah | = | Jiggi - a tree | |
| Coongoongury | = | Coongoon - a tree | At Devil's elbow North arm |
| Uki Mountain | = | Uki - root of the swamp fern sometimes called Bungawall | |
| Dungay | = | Dungay - the thin bark which the gum tree sheds | |
| Morarey | = | Morarey - the morarey tree | bank of river at Stott's creek |
| Cudgerygun | = | Cudgery - the cudgery tree | Clear hill above Tyalgum |
| Warbulguibar | = | Warbul - a tree | The top flat at Tyalgum |
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