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[Dunwhich].
[Goompi]. Thought to be a slight variant of ngumbin or
ngumbing ,pronounced variously by whites and
some blacks, umpy ,humpy and umbing.

This word means hut or huts. Humpy-bong
was named from this. The word, however, is
not of the [Brisbane River] language but of the
Yugumbir as others herewith.

The name was probably given by the blacks
when the buildings were erected there for
a quarantive station in the late sixties or
early seventies of last century.

It may be mention that this was a favourite
camping place of the natives at one time ,
evidence of which were the great piles of oyster
shells on the north side of the present
quarantine buildings. The soil has now
practically covered them.

[Wongalpong] From wonglapoon. Deaf or mad. Literally,
unhearing. the story told me by a local
aboriginal was that a man once got lost in the
bush or scrub in the locality,with the result
that he lost his reason or went wongalpoon.

The actual word meaning deaf is wongal.

Curiously, the Kabi tribe so describe the
same condition as pinang-gulum, literally
meaning without hearing.

[Pimpama]. Place of magpie larks or peewees; from
Bim-bim, magpie lark, and ba,place of.

[Mudgeraba] Sitcky place. commented on in last list
reviewed.

[Burleigh].
[Javreenbilla]. (Note that in abo. languages v is equivalent
to b). The word looks to me to be meant for
Jaberi,(nulla) n, abreviation of nga (and),
and bilar (spear), the whole being,nullas (clubs)
and spears.

[Woodlands].
[Waroojra]. A probable corruption of of a derivative of
worung, leaves or boughs. Possible it is
worung-darum or worun-jarum, emaning, dry
leaves.

[Gilston].
[Booie Booie]. If meaning is correct the word is Boolbo boolbo
meaning native apple trees.

[Etchells].
[Moombee Moombee]. Probable corruction of Ngumbin,meaning huts.
(repetition of word usually implies plurality-
multiplicity). See [Dunwich] ([Goompee]).

[Bilinga]. Is the name of the bat. Place of parrots
would be pilin-a-ba.

[Kinnumboon].
[Kunnumboon]. Kunumbun Place of black opossums.
From Kunum,black oppossum.

[Wahgumpa]
on [Pimpama Is.] Wargum or wahgum, onomatopoeic name of the
scrub turkey; pa or ba, place of.
Place of scrub turkeys.

[Yawulpah] Yawul is probably a variant of the Kabi
word yauwa, meaning hornet. and pa, place of;
i.e. place of hornets or wasps.

[Tugun]. According to [Tom Petrie] this word means
sea waves.

[Billinooba].
[Pillinnujel]. Pillin-u-ba. From pillin parrot , and ba.
Place of parrots.