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Grosvenor Street,
Toowong, S.W.1.
August 27th, 1940.

Mr. Sidney, May,
Hon. Secretary,
Queensland Place Names Committee,
University of Queensland,
Brisbane.

Dear Sir,

May I be permitted to point out that two errors
occur in Bulletin No.8!

Under the place names derived from "buna" the botanical
name, Eucalyptus pilularia appears. Buna, the red bloodwood
tree is Eucalyptus corymbosa, while Eucalyptus pilularia is
the black-butt tree.

The name, Woolloongaba, is shown as if derived from
wongaree. Wongaree is the Logan River name for the whip-
tailed wallaby, but the local (Brisbane River) name for the
said animal is wallon and the place name is thus Waĺlon-gúbā,
the vowel u being a short one and the final a long.

Yours faithfully,
FJWatson
Associate Member.