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12/1541. Other Depts. Misc.

[awll?]

23rd August 1912.

Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 1st instant, which I regret
was neglected so long owing to pressure of work at the Exhib-
12/743. ition, I forward a list of aboriginal words from the language
of the Gibbir or Gwiyungun tribe whose district was the nearest
to Mary Valley which may provide you with names suitable for
the five stations you propose to establish.

NAME PRONUNCIATION MEANING
2 m 21 ch. Weigah (wygar) High Ridge
4 m 72 ch. Bulyan (bull yan) Silver leaf
ironbark tree

9 m. Dooboon Ironbark
10 m 70 ch. Buthar (boo thar) Red Soil
14 m 70 ch. Girra Rich Country.

or any of these,
Wallah Big Rock
Darrang Running Creek.
Gorroman Old man
kangaroo
[check mark] Emar Female kangaroo
[check mark] Dagoon Home-Camp
Binnam Staghorn
Goongoonwundai - Yurgan Pretty girl.

Yours obediently,

Deputy Chief Protector of Aboriginals.
The Chief Engineer,
Railway Department,
B R I S B A N E .