Correspondence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: Other Departments - Miscellaneous (ITM336560_15-0273)

[right margin] [red ink] Other Depts

[R.E. Sexton]

[stamp1] CHIEF PROTECTOR of ABORIGINALS 02935 * 19.OCT.1914 QUEENSLAND.

[stamp2] Prev?. ?660 2770

[coat of arms] AUDAX AT FIDELIS

Queensland Railways. ------------------------

[red ink] Re names of railway stations on the [Munbilla]- [Mount Edwards] Line

B.M. ENGINEER IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION OFFICE

In any further correspondence refer to No. 14:653.C.

Brisbane, 16th Octover, 1914.

S i r ,

I beg to refer you to my letter of the 25th ultimo asking you to forward two or three aboriginal names from which one could be chosen for the station at 2 miles 69 chains on the [Munbilla]-[Mount Edwards] line, and shall be glad to hear from you at an early date.

I am, Sir,

Yours Faithfully,

[R. E. Sexton] Engineer in Charge of Construction. [?]

The/ Chief Protector of Aboriginals, B R I S B A N E .

No. 9^th October 1914

MEMORANDUM

To Chief Protector of Aboriginals Brisbane

In reference to the request from the Railway Department for a suitable name for railway station at 2 miles 69 Ch^s on the M^t Edward Line

[?] of the following names may be suitable

Diferer row Bark Dunerer Forest. [?aunba] dialect.

[Berham JS ?Lipscombe?]

P.S. The dialect of the District is somewhat like [? ?] South Wales [BJSL?]

[left margin, red ink] Dear M^r L Please write these a bit plainer. Perhaps [Williams] being a latin Scholard can give us the royal Society phonetic spelling

[JB?] 13/10/14

N.M. [M^r Williams] assisted [Bigerer Trow? Bark] Dunerer Forest The Haunba dialect.

[BJ?] Inpt 17-10-14

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Biferer Biferer Trow? Bark tree uauuba no Dunerer Forest

inform [Sup?cert ?] [JB?] 19/10/14

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14.2770. Other Depts.

21st. October, 1914.

Sir,

In reply to your letter of the 5th. inst. asking for names suitable for Railway Stations on the Blackall - Windorah Line, the Superintendent, Barambah Aboriginal settlement advises that the following may be suitable: -

Mekaree= Brigalow, Blackall, Jinburra = Boree, ".

Yours obediently,

CHIEF PROTECTOR OF ABORIGINALS.

[left margin] 14.1623.

The Engineer in Charge of Construction, Brisbane.