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Grosvenor Street
Toowong, S.W.1.
11th Nov. 1939.

Dear Mr. May,

I have your letter of 9th inst. to hand and am
pleased to note that the name Dalburaba has been adopted.

I regret that I can give you no information regarding
Murphy's Creek and Fingal although I sojourned at the former
place for some three weeks in 1893. Regarding D'Aguilar,
although I have taken but little interest in the origin of
place names other than aboriginal, I have from time to time
inquired as to its origin but without results. You may or may
not have noted that there is an individual mountain of this
name. It is situated on, or very close to, the range of that
name, a short distance to the west of Mount Samson and
equidistant North of Mt. Glorious. In the same grop are
MTs. Reilly and Lawson, each named after some individual person.

It is wonderful how little seems to be generally of the
origin of names of places quite close at hand. I have been
living close to the Taylor Range for about 11 years and although
I have occasionally asked old Brisbane residents as to the
origin of the name none of them could give me any information
thereon. Although I am sorry that I can give you no
help this time I shall always be pleased to assist you when I can.

With kindest regards,
I am yours sincerely,
FJWatson.