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Moreton Bay darloo 

 Lake Maquarie koiyuy 



Sydney 



Liverpool 



Muruya 



Peel River 



Mudgee 



Wellington 



Bathurst 



kttiyuy 



kanye 

 id 

 wi 

 win 



kanbi 



yeroo 

 kuliy, koko- 



in 

 kalere, badro 



yadyu, bana 

 koyun 

 kali 

 kaliy 



nadyu, yu~ 

 ruy 



tunny muroroy yara]ca,i 



giber butyiri 



bura tyamugu gunina 



mdrama mdrabd nui 



marubaba 

 walay maruy, lea- 



MM 

 yurubay mdrumbay gddbai 



Moreton Bay 



Lake Maquarie wakol 



Sydney 



Liverpool 



Muruya 



Peel River peer 



Mudgee 



Wellington 

 Bathurst 



-gunbai 



buloara 



puldr 

 bula 



yoro 



piirla 

 bula-yunbai 



Besides the similarity of words, which is sufficiently shown in the foregoing list, it was 

 considered important to ascertain whether an equal degree of resemblance was apparent 

 in the grammatical structure of the different languages. With this view, it was thought 

 best to select two dialects as widely separated as possible, and determine, as well as 

 circumstances would allow, their leading characteristics. By the assistance of others, 

 this object was accomplished with less difficulty and more satisfactorily than had been 

 anticipated. 



One of the dialects selected was that spoken by the natives who wander over the 

 region bordering on Hunter's River and Lake Maquarie (or on the coast, in about 

 lat. 33 S). Of this dialect a grammar was published at Sydney, in 1834, by the 



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