First Nations Language Collection

Queensland Railways Cheif Engineer's Office Brisbane. 19th April 1913.

For [sir] Station Names - Mackay to St. Lawrence Line. Sir, I shallbe obliged if you will favor me with some Aboriginal names and their Engllish meanings, for stations at the undermentioned mileages on the Mackay-St. Lawrence Line:-

Mileage	Nature of Country
0 Miles	Cultivation.
2 Miles 47 Chains	Cultivation.
5 " 19 "	Sugarcane.
8 " 16 "	Popular Gum - Swampy country.
10 " 15 "	Crown Land.
12 " 60 "	Thick Bloodwood Gum.
14 " 15 "	Alligator Creek.
18 " 17 "	Cultivation - Sugarcane.

I regret being compelled to trouble you so often. I am, Sir, Yours faithfully, [N]G Bell Chief Engineer. The Chief Protector of Aboriginals, [signature] B r i s b a n e.