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12/2279. Other Departments Misc.
[awo?]

19th November 1912.

sir,
Referring to your letter of the 9th instant asking to be
supplied with aboroginal names and their menaings in English
for Railway Stations on the GAYNDAH - MUNDUBBERA line, I now
append a few names for your information.

Aboriginal	English
Gamai	White Soil
Bannapan	Ironbark (red)
Dowar	Box Timber
Dirnbir	Ironbark (grey)
Dabal-dabal	Dead Wood.

Yours obediently,

Cheif Protector of Aboriginals.

The CHeif Engineer,
Queensland Railways Department,
B R I S B A N E .