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Nyleta,
Union Street,
Toowong,
June 25th, 1941.

For publication
( as "Letter to the Editor)-
S.V.P.
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Sir,

Mr. H.C.Perry's statement ( Courier--Mail, 25/6/41) to the
Historical Society solves the question as to how the present site
of Toowong received its name, for the well-known pioneer, Tom
Petrie said that it was the aborigines' name for the bend of
the Brisbane River below the Indooroopilly Bridge, i.e. at the
point of the peninsula now know as Long Pocket. I cannot,
however, agree with Mr. Perry as to the meaning of the name ,
which he has given as "rich place". Petrie stated that
Toowong was the aborigines' name for the black goat sucker,
by which, I think, is meant what is now commonly known as the
Koel cuckoo, a bird whose call is still frequently heard about
the bird sanctuary at Toowong,and which, no doubt, suggestedgave rise to
its onomatopoetic name.

(F.J.Watson)

To/
The Editor
Courier--Mail,
Queen Street,
Brisbane.