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[top right] 15
[centred, underlined, and crossed out in blue pencil] Hill End
[crossed out in blue pencil]
(List of Native Names of places in The Hill End
District with their meaning, or the reason why the
blacks gave such names - for the information of the
Anthropological Society of Australasia.)
[written diagonally, in red ink, between 2 parallel lines, across above writing, on left]
Western Dist.
| ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
|---|---|
| [crossed out in blue pencil] (Name of Place) [added above, in red ink] (Hill) | [added above, in red ink] (End) [crossed out in blue pencil] (Meaning or reason why it was given) |
| Belaradah | Oak scrub. Belar ... the Oak. dali ... place of |
| Boiga | Maggots |
| Bullen Bullen | {A lonely place. Bullen ... quiet. Bullen Bullen ... the repetition of the word is used to emphasise it ... very quiet |
| Bundi | Fighting with Nulla Nullas |
| Burrimul | Blow flies |
| Cadungla | Small lizard |
| Curragurra or Curra Curra | Heavey [Heavy] Stones [crossed out] (or Curra) |
| Crudine | Iguana |
| Derrilin | Shooting or falling Stars |
| Dun Dun | Frogs |
| Gundi | Stringy bark tree also over there or far away or Bark huts |
| Gooriwa | Big Rocks |
| Goodawada | Laughing Jackass |
| Illabunda | Swallows |
| Mookerawa | Ironbark trees |
| Tambaroora | Ibis (A large beaked bird) |
| Talirali | A knob of wood scooped out to carry water in |
| Toolamanang | A Short Spear |
| Tunabidgie | A long Spear |
| Trianbil | Sinew |
| Ulla mulla | White Gum tree |
| Wallerawa | Blacks Quarrelled, and seperated [separated] |
| Waurdong. | Spoiled wood. (Black Making something & spoiled it-) |
| Warramagullion | Dogs fighting |
| Willoring | Strained Honey. (or Honey running out of a tree) |
[signed, on right] William Ritchie
Serg't
Hill End 12. 9. 99
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State Library NSW: Do you allow the use of the green formatting to underline, to render superscript for abbreviations of names, dates, etc (&c!), to add words above, and to cross out words? Its use makes the finished document look a lot better and is quicker than having to explain these things awkwardly in square brackets. In eager anticipation of your earliest response, I have the honor to be &c, [signed] Cursivefancier.
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