Box 4 Folder 1: New South Wales place names, 1899-1903

31 The Anthropological Society of Australasia.

PATRON: HIS EXCELLENCY EARL BEAUCHAMP, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF N.S. WALES, &c.

PRESIDENT: THE HON. SIR FREDERICK DARLEY, K.C.M.G. CHIEF JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

TREASURER: J. RUSSELL FRENCH, GENERAL MANAGER, BANK OF N.S. WALES.

"Argreah," Ashfield, N.S.W. Sir, This Society, which was formed amongst other things for collecting all that is obtainable concerning the Aboriginees, solicits your assistance in making a collection of the Native Names of places with their meanings or the reason why the blacks gave such names to the several localities (see example).* No doubt some of the old residents in your district will be able to assist you.

Yours faithfully, W. WENTWORTH-BUCKNELL, Hon. General Secretary.

To....................

NAME OF PLACE. MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN.

NAME OF PLACE. MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN.

*Miketymulga Trees struck by lightning

Tunderbrine Fire

Bibil White leaved box tree   Dooraweenah or Plenty of Brown

    Tooraweenah Snakes

Quambone Fog

Tarrana To ravage Women

Merri Merri Dog. Where first saw wild dogs

Terumpaqal A mans Thigh

Quabothoo Dove. Pigeon

Mundrey Feet

Wallangambone Reeds Growing on Water

Kamber A Spring

Mungrabambone Bark

Cully or Cullun Plenty of water

Emu Urra

Barr Frost

Kangaroo Murrah

Bringle Mulga tree

    Beril Broad leaved Box Tree

Snake Currou

Mogolong Yellow Box Tree

    Gimble White Box Tree

Carwell Midawarrie

Carwell A Swamp

Narrabone Bon Bon. Rotten Trees

Warrumbungle A house

Gumholes Quarbatole. Gun on trees

Giber Mountain or Rock

Euraman A Horse

Eguiana Tulee  

                                                                                                                 32 The Anthropological Society of Australasia.

PATRON: HIS EXCELLENCY EARL BEAUCHAMP, GOVERNOR GENERAL OF N.S. WALES, &c.

PRESIDENT: THE HON. SIR FREDERICK DARLEY, K.C.M.G. CHIEF JUSTICE AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

TREASURER: J. RUSSELL FRENCH, GENERAL MANAGER, BANK OF N.S. WALES.

"Argreah," Ashfield, N.S.W. Sir, This Society, which was formed amongst other things for collecting all that is obtainable concerning the Aboriginees, solicits your assistance in making a collection of the Native Names of places with their meanings or the reason why the blacks gave such names to the several localities (see example).* No doubt some of the old residents in your district will be able to assist you.

Yours faithfully, W. WENTWORTH-BUCKNELL, Hon. General Secretary.

To....................

NAME OF PLACE. MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN.

NAME OF PLACE. MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN.

*Miketymulga Trees struck by lightning 36. Wallinuninnie  Gravelly nature of ground. Bibil White leaved box tree 37. Bullagreen   Two large objects.                                                       38. Collie A little water-hole 1. Nerembone         Camp            39. Cullengrengoen     Red Water     2. Coonamble         Dung              40. Meriman             Cutty Grass     3. Bullarora             Pain in the belly  41. Cobbenbil     Great place for insects 4. Walgett               Point of River      42. Murragoengoen  Bleeding at the nose [text crossed out] hands 5. Wingadee            fire                     43. Yaleogreen   Dry Ground                                                                                                        6. Belagula              Belar timber        44. Berrie              A Kind of tree 7. Urawilkie            Long grass or Reeds  45. Neringerong    Lyre Bird 8. Billeroy               Creek of water        46. Conungoay           Kicked in the stomach     9. Yarraldool            Lot of Stones         47. Bindugimble       Plenty of mussles  10. Yaramon             Horse                 48. Bearbung           Pipe clay. 11. Yugil                  Dingo or wild dog   49. Gowrie              Down off an Eagle hawk 12. Burranburren     Quail                    50. Buddaguntha      Burnt a Cloack 13. Thimba                Sheep                  51. Youlundry          Green Wattles 14. Mirrie                  Dog                      52. Merri Merri        Two dogs 15. Kurunie               Wild Duck          53. Wuuluman          A round water-hole   16. Combul               Wild Turkey         54. Bobra                Singing  17. Thuroo                 Snake                  55. Goenduray          Trees on the edge of water 18. Gugara                 Iguana                 56. Burrigan              Never mind 19. Nauda                  White Man     57. Windgidgeon    Burnt out 20. Mungullin              Turtle              58. Goorianawa       Blacks murdered   21. Murawa                 Red Kangaroo      59. Calga              Stoney Ridge 22. Burda                 Grey Kangaroo      60.     Baradine  Red wallaby. 23. Murringulley           Wombat          61.     Mugimullen  Can't Sleep       24. Gulargambone      Great place for Gulars (Birds) 62. Parmidman  Long water-hole 25. Tooraweenah         A lot of small snakes.      63.Tenandra A rough bark tree     26. Tonderbruine     Ashes flying in the air.      64. Gejulgebung Licked by a dog. 27.Gummin Gummin  Turning a spear with Shield. 28. Warrumbungle        Dividing Range.         29. Deamy                  A fighting ground. 30. Warree                  A Whirlwind. 31. Barronne (Barrunge)  All white. 32. Mundingerin            Yellow Box tree. 33. Brolganbung            Plenty Native Companions. 34. Wilgambala             Kicked in the eye. 35. Curban                   Jammed between two trees

Peak Hill                                                                                18                                             33

Aborigines Names of places in the Peak Hill District (Bogan Tribe) and the reason why they gave such names -

Name of Place - Meaning or reason why it was given

Bulgandramine - Where Boomaramgs were found Mungery - Red Ground Genanagie - Dirt or human excrements Bogan - The birth place of a Great King Bibboorah (now Peak Hill) - a Burning hill - Like fire Tomingley - Deaf Adder Country Walla - High Ground Barrabadeen - a Large deep waterhole Gundong - Rain Momo - The intestines of the Oppossum Wambangalang - Kangaroo Wyrregall - Wild dog Milloollmoore - The Human Eye Gunndahgall - a Cowardly Assault Wallabah - a Hill Mieckaibill - Lightning Corrodgery - Sand Country Thallmoy - Big man Eat plenty Genarrene - Wood duck Baahbir - Large trees Muun or Moonn - Little black Ant Thagoone - This Country the Whole of Australia Buguin - Grass Wan - Fire Geewallie - Cooking Allmulla - Fishing                                                                          T. OBrien                                                                              Sergeant                                                   Peak Hill 22nd October 1899  

                                                                                                                                    34                                    Dubbo                        Dubbo Oct 1st 1899                          19

Native Names of Clans, Meanings or Reasons why blacks gave Such Names to Several localities

Name of Place Meaning or Reason why it was given

Birrabunga So called because being frequented by White Crested birds (unknown)

Bunglegumbie The noise produced by a Womera, Blacks Weapon, being thrown in air (a plain of Dubbo)

Belarbigal A spot on a plain where a Species of oak grows

Bundemar A Nullah Nullah. (blacks weapon of attack)

Barrabadeen A Water hole (a place near Dubbo)

Buckumbugie A Ghost

Burrawang Anything fast. (mostly applied to animals)

Bidthera (now [indecipherable]) Meaning cannot be got here

Cowel A swamp or hollow in ground

Cumbagaleomba Top of head, name given by blacks to a sweet mana found on gum leaves a place near Dubbo now called Combugal Cumbong.

Dubbo A band worn round the forehead by blacks. An ornament.

Dundullamil Hail storm

Derrybong Grey from age

Elluigerah White Quartz

Eulomoga No finger nails

Gralunga A Sandy spot

Gumiari An Animals Paunch

Girlambone Stoney place

Lubrigan Rainbow

Myall Plains Boree (a kind of tree)

Terramungamine Broken thigh

Timbrebongie Broken Knee

Minore White flower

Murrumbidgerie Meaning not ascertained

Whylandra A heap of stones

Warren Strong, substantial

Wallinbillew Stoney

 -Bone Any names ending with bone almost invariably means the name of some locality, such as Quambone, Galargambone, Girlambone Batterbone and so on.

 

Obley                                                                               35

Name of Place Meaning or reason why it was given

Bila a Creek

Boonal A stone tomahawk

Boorandool Country where Oak Timber grows

Bulathery a plover, and a place where they nest

Cookamobila a creek with a number of stumps in it

Curra a heavy Cold

Curbanmah a very rough narrow passage

Dilga a tree broken off leaving number of splinters

Dulung-thuggy (The Springs Stn)

Native meeting place where all the spears are stuck in a hole in the ground

Dungeeabah a place where there a number of tails

Dunnang-mumma (Killaloolah Station)

to Catch a man by the heel

Durrong  part of the leg, the thigh

Gingean an edible grass

Gooligambila a creek where the Blacks, camped on it, used to wear their hair in nets.

Goonambaugi Any small thing, ie small Kangaroo

Goondah Storm or Rain

Gullin Gari Falling from a height

Moombil Small schrub with a yellow flower

Tdheramgabumy (the Meadows Stn)

Any thing struck with Nulla Nulla or Spear

Oodthulby (Obley) A place where the reeds bend over into the Water

Uar Yellow box Timber

Waudoo Waudong A place where there are a number of Ghosts

Wamboin Goolian ([Wauibasagalaug]? (Stn)

Wamboin, Grey Kangaroo, Goolian I wish I had him

Wiradthery The dialects of the Obley Blacks

Wongibone The dialect of the Bogan Blacks

The above is a list of Aborigines names for places in the Obley District and the meanings and reasons why the names were given                                                                                                                                                                    O. H. Elliott                                         1st Class Constable                                                Obley 25/9/99