ENPages That Mention Melginch
Correspondence, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander - Enquiries Native Words
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CHERBOURG MURGON
ED. 19th. December 5 Genl. 279
The Deputy Director, Dept. of Native Affairs, BRISBANE. Q.
In answer to your query 1A/230 of 9th. inst.
I have to advise that "Melginch" means eye-itching. It is a word of the Burramgun tribe from Dawson Valley.
Superintendent.
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1A/230
VM/SMcD.
9th December, 1955.
The Superintendent, Cherbourg Settlement, via MURGON.
Enquiry has been made at this Office as to whether the word "Melginch" is an anoriginal one and if so its definition has been requested.
The word in question was the name of a property in the Dawson Valley many years ago.
Deputy Director of Native Affairs.