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THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND,
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BRISBANE.

ap/ August 1941

Memo [M^r May].

Re. The place names [Kingaroy] & [Taabinga] -

Some years ago, one of the Brisbane papers
published a letter written by the Surveyor [Hector Maneo?] who
surveyed [bothe?] [Kingaroi] & [Taabinga].

He said it was customary for surveyors,
when surveying the stations, to get an aborigin
of the locality to assist at the survey [?]
and from these many of the names [gave?]
to stations were obtained

In the case of [Kingaroy], the survey party was
bothered with red ants, which the native called
"king", and this fact inspired the name"
which is derive from. "King" the red ant
an 'juroi' hungry, The latter is a
[diatecter?] variation of 'dhau-räi which has
the same meaning -

[Taabinga], the surveyor stated is named
from the "jumper" ant, which the local native
called beng-ga. Taabenga or Tyabenga
means the place of jumper ants.

Yours.
[FJ Watson]