Box 4 Folder 3: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903 - Page 74

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                                                                                   Police Station Parramatta.
                                                                                          17 September 1899.

Re meanings of Aboriginal names of places.

Constable H R Brooks No 8509 begs to report that
the three names in the attached list embrace all
those of aboriginal origin in the district.
Inquiries have been made from a number of old resi-
dents in the district with a view to ascertaining
the meaning of the name "Toongabbie" but none of
them are able to throw any light on the subject ex-
cept that it is probably referred to in a work on 
the aboriginal names of Australian Rivers by the
Reverend Peter McPherson, which may be seen in the 
Free Public Library, Macquarie Street, Sydney.

                                                  H R Brooks
                                                      Constable

Mr Inspector Latimer.
     Parramatta.