Box 4 Folder 3: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 63

The names of stations owned 
by Mr J.K.Mackay & Lawrie
situate on the Barwon &
Nowendock Rivers also very
Hilly& Stoney & Gold country

The names of stations
belonging to the Messr Hook
situate on the Bowman
Gloucester & Barrinton
Rivers - country very Hilly
& much alike. Gold Bearing

A place of a wonderful Rock
near Gloucester - nearly
1000 feet perpendicular.

All the above is a dialect of Blacks from Port McQuarie
to Newcastle & inland to Scone & Muswellbrook.

My brother C.F.Holmes Esq J.P. now residing
at Koggerah near Sydney.the station master at
Koggarah wouild point out his residence
was a mine of information respecting the
Blacks their manners, customs, etc. Also my
brother Edwin Holmes who resides at
Terrilba Port Stephens he knows a great deal
about the marriage laws of the Queensland Blacks
etc by obtaining an interview with either of these
Gentlement you would be able to obtain any
amount of useful information respecting
the Blacks. Jas Boydell Esq J.P. Camerallyn
Gresford would give you as much information
in a few days: that would take you a week to note
down - any of the gentlement I have named would
give you a very hospitable & warm welcome
if you mention my name - Please send me
another form and I wil get you other names
from persons I know who are acquainted
with the Blacks. A great many of the old identities are [?] away who were a fund of information. Yours Mr.H. Holmes.

the first part of an aboriginal song-sung at
Corroberies-

a Black fellow was entrusted in years gone by with a flock of lambing ewes and during the day a large Eagle pounced  down on one of the young lambs & flew away with it to a small Hill adjacent & devoured it. The blackfellow on his return to  the station at evening told his master about the Eagle (part English & part his own dialect)
viz Cobbom Cowal - been take him sheeps yellowman midgey fellow Toomal -patten. Suppose Mr Paterson (the Master) give me Flour. I'll shoot him -