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1A/230

VM/EG.

13th November, 1956.

The Superintendent,
Cherbourg Settlement,
via MURGON.

A correspondent to this Office is seeking information
as to whether the word, Giru, which is the name of a town in North Queensland,
is an aboriginal one. Kindly enquire from some of the Cherbourg natives and
if so advise the meaning of the word.

Director of Native Affairs.