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[Page 51]                                                         Murwillumbah                                                                                                             244

Name of Place Meaning or Reason why it was Given
Wong-i-gar Wongi - the tallow wood tree
Choongurra-bau-nar-in-de-am

-a hill near Tweed Heads
choon gurra - a pelican - the whole name means. "The Pelican corroboree ground

Billung bil - (Billumbil Creek) Billung - the native oak
"Quin-yum-Guinyum"

Native name for Murrwillumbah Railway Station
"Quin yum" a plant like the wild Belladonna

Mungurra bar - Mungarra - the gum tree (white gum)
Mul-gul-gum Mulgulgum (the wild raspberry)
Chin-don-go-gul-gun

a pinnacle rock in Q.L.D border -  Chindan a bird
                                                  I do not know the species of the bird

Wom-min near Tweed Heads - no meaning
Billungar a creek over the border - Billung - the native oak
Bon nu gai Bonnu - the blood wood tree
Durobby creek - Durobby a tree - no common name
Nurrungby Nurrung - the long nosed shark
Mullumbimby correct native name - Mullibunby - no meaning
Pigga been creek Piggabeen - the Bangalow tree
Minil - a rocky point near the Tweed Heads - Minil - the octopus

 

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