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The name Canning-gurri-gurri relating to part of the old
[Peak Mountain Station] should,I think, be Kunungai Garara
meaning "a long flat", from kunungai, a flat, and garara,
long. With regard to this name, I once didcussdiscussed the meaning
of the place name Canungera with an old Logan aboriginal and,
although he was not positive on the matter he admitted that
it Canungera was probably derived from these word and referred
to a flat in the vicinity.

I regret that I cannot give the origin of the place name
[Cannon Hill] and,as I am unaquainted with the locality,I cannot
any native word or words representative of any feature of it.
I think it would be difficult for any one to find native
words suggestive of the meat industry, as of course, they the natives,had
nothing suggestive of it in their method of living.

I am, as time permits, putting a number of place names
and their meanings into form and hope to send you a bunch in
good time before your next broadcast.

Yours faithfully,
[FJWatson]
([F.J.Watson]).

P.S./

The only abo. word I can think of that
has reference to anything in connection with
meat is a S.I'land word "Igom",
meaning flesh. "Igomba" (Ig-om-bah")
would mean "place of flesh". This, however,
would probably be to much in sound
like [Pinkenba] on the opposite side of
the River. The authority for the
word Igom and its meaning is an
educated native, [John Allen], now deceased.

[FJWatson]