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"Nyleta"
Union Street,
Toowong, S.W.I
November 24th, 1942.

Mr. Sydney May,

University of Queensland,

Dear Sir,

I have to hand your letter of 20th instant relative
to the place names Mt. Beppo, and Tin Can Bay.

I know of no authority as to the application of the n
name Beppo to the mountain in question, but I have little doubt
that it is derived from the Yugarabul (Brisbane River lang-
uage) word "bippo" which itself means "mountain.

Re. Tin Can Bay.

Tin Can is a conversion, by "folk
etymology" of the word "tintchin" --- approximate spelling ----
an aboriginal name for a species of mangrove, Bruguiera
Rheedii. The meaning of the name was given to me, from a
now forgotten source, some 55 years ago. Its earliest
known history is connected with the early sawn timber industry
of Maryborough, when Messrs Pettigrew and Sim of Dundathu
Sawmill exploited it for soft timbers, chiefly kauri pine
from which a local creek ---Kauri Creek-- was named. Much of this
timber was rafted and towed by tugboats to Maryborough.

With the "cutting out" of the pine forests and the con-
sequent waning of the timber industry at Maryborough the bay
has become a station for fishermen, professional and amateur.

The shores of Tin Can Bay are swampy and the mangroves
which abound therein doubtlessly inspired the name.

Yours faithfully,
FJ Watson
Associate Member Q.P.N.C

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To/
Mr. Sydney May,
Hon. Secretary,
Q.P.N.C.
University,
Brisbane.