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In any further Correspondence
refer to No. 12:1234.

[Gibbir?] tribe
[oofwiyungun?]

hight ridges Weigah
[palmsleaf?] I.B Bulgyan
Ironbark Dooboon
red soil. Bushan
rich country - Girra
Big rock - Wallah
Goongoonwundae - yurgan - pretty girl
Dummy Creek - Darrang
Old man Kangaroo Gorroman
[Fence?] - [Rmar?]
Home - Dagoon
Binnam - Staghorn

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CHIEF PROTECTOR OF ABORIGINALS
01541 *2-AUG.1912
QUEENSLAND.

Chief Engineer Railways

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AUDAX AT FIDELIS
Queensland Railways

Chief Engineer's Office.
Brisbane, 1st August 1912.

For 5 suitable names for stations on the Mary Valley Line.

Dear Sir,

I shall be obliged if you will furnish me with
aboriginal names and their meanings for stations on the Mary
Valley Line at the following mileages:-

2 Miles 21 Chains - Bloodwood and gum, high ridges.
4 Miles 72 Chains - Gum, oak, and ironbark forest.
9 Miles - Ironbark forest.
10 Miles 70 Chains - Cultivation.
14 Miles 70 Chains - Cultivation.

I shall be glad to hear from you at an early date.

Yours faithfully,

[A?.G. Bell]
Chief Enfineer.
[??H]

The Chief Protector of Aboriginals,
B r i s b a n e.

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QUEENSLAND
GOVERNMENT

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