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| Gidgenbah | Water with weeds. a large natural waterhole once very weedy |
| Gidgaween | Burnt-grass |
| Geurie | Fat |
| Gundi | The Frog |
| Geewong | The Moon |
| Gilgus | Small waterholes |
| Gummin Gummin | Rocky Country |
| Gungalman | A large or long waterhole (There is here a very fine natural waterhole in Nedgera Creek) while a short distance below the creek is almost lost |
| Goonoo Goonoo | Coughing |
| Galargumbone | The place or home of many Galahs (" Cacatua Roseicapeda") |
| Mungergumbone | The place for plenty of bark |
| Merri Merri | a Dogs camp (numerous dingoes or wild dogs infest the scrubs bordering the Merr Merri Creek) |
| Molyan or Mulyan | The Eagle-hawk |
| Mogil-Moghil | Wild oranges ("Capperis Mitchelli") |
| Mumblebone or more properly Mumbrabone or Mombrabone |
The place of the Mumbra or Mombra tree a species of the native oak. a species of Casuarina |
| Quabothoo or Guabothoo |
The call of the native dove. The blacks in pronouncing this word exactly imitate this little birds call. They are very numerous at Quabothoo. |
| Regenbah | A clump of Brigalins. this name is abbreviated from N[?]ar-regenbah |
| Tallawang |
Apple trees (abundance of these trees a variety of "Angophora" grows on the |
| Terramungamine | Very stoney ground |
| Tooraweanah | The home of snakes |
| Tonderburine | Fire stones (Quantities of fruit can be found here) |
| Tundra | Lightning (It is not uncommon for the dry grass at this locality to be set on fire by lightening |
| Monkey (more properly Moongkay) | A sand covered ridge covered with dense scrub. ('The Monkey") isa sand ridge about 1 mile wide traversing the country between the Castlereagh & Marthaguy & Werri Werri Creeks.) |
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