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the Herl^erton Ranges (Uraiig-iindi), The Ngaikungo-i with 

 their home at Atherton go on the " walk-about " to Watson- 

 villn (Ilanbare) passing on the way the heads of the Walsh 

 River, country which they speak of as Balkin. The remaining 

 group have their main camp (in 1898) at Putt's Selection, two 

 miles above the Cairns-crossing, on the Upper Barron River 

 (Takkara-il country), whence they wander to the head of the 

 Upper Russell River (Ku-par country). The Tinaroo Ranges 

 are spoken of locally as Miin-gija. 



14. The Bloomtield River District^ '. Banna-billa (occasion- 

 ally corrupteil by the local settlers into Banana Billy) is the 

 countr}' at the mouth of the Bloomtield River, the native name 

 designating the selection (Osmundsen's). The gioup here 

 (Bannabillara) includes some three or four remnants from 

 Bailey's Creek (Gangaji) about four miles south, and perhaps the 

 same number from Tchul-gur, the present Toolgoor Selection of 

 Cochrane's some little distance north of the Bloomtield River. 

 These blacks are the best workers, the most civilised, the best 

 turtle-fishers, and yet the weakest throughout the district, and 

 consequently often made the scape-goats to account for the deaths 

 of any of the more important members of the neighbouring tribes. 

 From tlieir chief home at the mouth they travel along the ri\er 

 as far as the heads (Banna-yirri, i.e , water-falls) ; southwards, 

 they visit Bailey's Creek. In former times, they used to travel 

 up the northern coast along Cedar Bay to Archer Point, a 

 distance about midway l^etweeu the Bloomfield and the Endeavour 

 Rivers ; but ncjwadays, they very rarely come nortli of their 

 river home ; they speak Koko-baldja. Wyalla, locally known as 

 Wai-alal is regarded as a head camp ; it. is the resting-place for 

 natives from Ku-na (Mt. Finlayson, .'Finnegan), from Wii-lu- 

 mu-pan (a tract north of Bauer's Uap), from Wol-pa (tiie big 

 range lying westwards from Mt. Romeo), and from Yalmba (the 

 district between Wyalla north-eastwards and the sea) ; they 

 speak Koko-yerla-n-tchi here. The natives met witl) on the 

 ]\lission Reserve (Wudjal-wudjal) and at Connemara, i.e., Baird's 

 Selection (Bori'u) come from country (Nu-ru) at the head of 

 Granite Creek (the northern branch of the Bloomfield River), 

 from the district (Mu) l)etween Gi-anite Creek and the Bloom- 

 field River, from The Springs, i.e., Cook's Selection (Bul-pan) 

 fiom west (.Mulujin) of Baird's Selection whence they travel to 

 Mareeba (and so get into touch with the Cairns and Atherton 

 District) and from country (Gan-gu) along tlie eastern branch of 



' ' Based upon my tirst journey undertaken here in March, 1898, and 

 from information kindly put at my disposal by Mr. R. Hislop. of Wyalla. 



