64 F. B. W. WOOLKYCH. NATIVE NAMES OF 



[The repetition of the word 'Merri' is plural and means 

 many dogs. The name therefore signifies a place where the 

 dogs were numerous and bold. — J. F. M.] 



Birran-birran — A head station on a tributary of the Bland 

 Creek, from ' birran ' a kind of wood like colonial hickory. 

 Birran-birran or the camp where the ' birran ' wood abounds. 

 [Possibly this word may be identical with Yarran, a tree 

 of the Hickory species, hence Yarra. The repetition indi- 

 cates that it grows in clumps or clusters, sometimes of great 

 extent.— J. F. M.] 



Moonbooka or Moonbukka — A head station on the Bland 

 Creek, from Moeen booka — Mooeen, a spider and ' booka/ 

 any good-for-nothing thing, or a thing decayed away. 

 Probably in this case the name refers to a venomous spider 

 found in the locality. 



[A venomous ' no good ' spider found in decayed timber. 

 —J. F. M.] 



Kurra-wamby or Kaura-wamby — A head station on the Bland 

 Creek, from ' kurra,' a pine tree and ' wamby ' carrying any- 

 thing. The locality was associated with some scene or event 

 in which a blackfellow carrying a pine log was the chief object. 



Coorroo Boorrima — A head station on the Bland Creek, from 

 ' Coorroo' a kind of red kangaroo-rat and ' burrima ' got him 

 or catch him. Here the name recalls to mind in association 

 with the camp some remarkable chase after this kangaroo-rat. 

 Note — The white fellow's gun came to be called k burrima' 

 also because the sight of it became associated with the idea 

 of ' catching ' or ' getting.' 



Caboot — A long reed spear. 



The Yarra-yarra Plain — A small plain near the Koorowatha 

 Creek and Bumbaldry, from ' Yarra ' a gum tree. Probably 

 gum trees were either very numerous or large there formerly. 

 ' [See note 3.— J. F. M.] 



Billar — Pronounced Bil-lar (accent on last syllable) is a kind of 

 Casuarina growing straight and tall, forming a close forest. 



Woo-rongalong — (accent on ron) a Box tree. 



Jilloong — Jil-loong, a very small hole of water. 



Ar ram a gong — A head station on a tributary of the ' Tyagong ' 

 creek. It should have been spelled and pronounced Nar- 

 ram-agong — signifying Wombats running into their holes — 

 ' gong ' for going. 



Ty'-agong — A kind of wombat — a pig-like animal living in 

 burrows along the banks of the Tyagong Creek, which takes 

 its name from the great number of these animals found along 

 its course. 



