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[top right] 15
[centred, underlined, and crossed out in blue pencil] Hill End
[crossed out in blue pencil]
(List of Native Names of places in The Hill End
District with their meaning, or the reason why the
blacks gave such names - for the information of the
Anthropological Society of Australasia.)
[written diagonally, in red ink, between 2 parallel lines, across above writing, on left]
Western Dist.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
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[crossed out in blue pencil] (Name of Place) [added above, in red ink] (Hill) | [added above, in red ink] (End) [crossed out in blue pencil] (Meaning or reason why it was given) |
Belaradah | Oak scrub. Belar ... the Oak. dali ... place of |
Boiga | Maggots |
Bullen Bullen | {A lonely place. Bullen ... quiet. Bullen Bullen ... the repetition of the word is used to emphasise it ... very quiet |
Bundi | Fighting with Nulla Nullas |
Burrimul | Blow flies |
Cadungla | Small lizard |
Curragurra or Curra Curra | Heavey [Heavy] Stones [crossed out] (or Curra) |
Crudine | Iguana |
Derrilin | Shooting or falling Stars |
Dun Dun | Frogs |
Gundi | Stringy bark tree also over there or far away or Bark huts |
Gooriwa | Big Rocks |
Goodawada | Laughing Jackass |
Illabunda | Swallows |
Mookerawa | Ironbark trees |
Tambaroora | Ibis (A large beaked bird) |
Talirali | A knob of wood scooped out to carry water in |
Toolamanang | A Short Spear |
Tunabidgie | A long Spear |
Trianbil | Sinew |
Ulla mulla | White Gum tree |
Wallerawa | Blacks Quarrelled, and seperated [separated] |
Waurdong. | Spoiled wood. (Black Making something & spoiled it-) |
Warramagullion | Dogs fighting |
Willoring | Strained Honey. (or Honey running out of a tree) |
[signed, on right] William Ritchie
Serg't
Hill End 12. 9. 99
Notes and Questions
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State Library NSW: Do you allow the use of the green formatting to underline, to render superscript for abbreviations of names, dates, etc (&c!), to add words above, and to cross out words? Its use makes the finished document look a lot better and is quicker than having to explain these things awkwardly in square brackets. In eager anticipation of your earliest response, I have the honor to be &c, [signed] Cursivefancier.