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country (Nu-ru) at the head of Granite Creek (the northern branch of the Bloomfield River), from the district (mu) between Granite Creek and the Bloomfield River from the Springs ie. Cook's selection (Bul-pan) from west (mulujin) of Baird's selection whence they travel to Mareeba (and so get into touch with teh Cairns and Atherton District) and from Country (gan-gu) along the eastern branch of the Daintree River; They all speak Koko-baldja like the Bannabillara. Various remnants of what are said to have once been large and powerful tribes no run between Roseville, Helenvale and Mt. Romeo: they comprise aboriginations from Tandi (KingsLake country and heads of the Middle and East Normanby Rivers), from chokon (District cromprising Mt. Romeo, the Tablelands, Slatey Creeke etc and perhaps Mt. Amos) and Tau-al-tau-al (country west of King's Lake to the Normanby River). The Tulbur-ara blacks travel from teh head of the Moss-man River to Byerstown and Maytown; the head-camp of those on the Daintree River would appear to be at Fischer's selection. I was able to account for 287 natives in the whole of this Bloomfield River district.
15. The Cooktown and surrounding district. South of the Endeavour River, the Koko-yinindi dialect is very corrupt, the natives belonging to this area comprising Mt. Cook, the lower bottom of the Amman River, and the Coast-country down to Archer Point speaking of it as Koko-imji. The 'homes' of these people are at Mount Cook (kai-ar), their actual camping ground at the base of the mountain being called Wain-bur, along the Amman River (yu-ru country), and in the area (bul-kon) round about Oakey Creek, a branch of the Amman. They visit Cooktown, known to them all as Kánkarjand often
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