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Bullan Bullan — The name of a Station. ' Bullan' is a black 

 duck, and it is to be presumed that black ducks were un- 

 usually plentiful at this camp. 



Thooroong'-galee — A station near the Bland Creek from 

 thooroon and galee — this was the name of a fine permanent 

 spring. ' Thooroon ' means snake, and the blackfellow's 

 tradition related that a monstrous snake came out of the 

 ground here and the water immediately gushed from the hole 

 made by it. 



[Galee means pleasant, convenient, thus Minmurra Galee 

 is the name of the flat upon which the village of Cassillis 

 now stands ; a convenient camping place on the Minmurra 

 River. Snakes, especially black, travel long distances for 

 water, and possibly this spring was as frequently visited by 

 snakes as by the blacks, who no doubt found it a convenient 

 camping place. — J. ¥. M.] 



Warr'-billy — This word means a wrestling of blackfellows. In 

 pronouncing it the rr should be well trilled. 



Mirrool Creek — Me-rool means pipe clay, either red or white, 

 used by the blacks to paint themselves with, or plaster them- 

 selves over. 



Koo'ruggin — A station on the Bland Creek. This was probably 

 the first place where they saw a bullock feeding, as the word 

 means ' a bullock feeding.' 



Yeo-Yeo — This is the original name of a waterhole on the Bland 

 Creek, which has also been called the Yeo Yeo Creek. ' Yeo 

 Yeo ' means Devil-devil. 



Terra-galonga — The name of a station on the Great Cowal at 

 the junction of two creeks. From ' terra ' like two arms, 

 and ' ga'long ' where they meet. 



Na'riah — The name of a hill. The word means a bare place on 

 a hill. The hill so named terminates in a high rocky bluff 

 which is bare, fie rest of the hill being scrubby. 



Muringo — The name of a head station and now of a township 

 on a tributary of the Lachlan River. The name was probably 

 formed from ' Murring ' a bark canoe, and ' go ' going, or 

 going after anything. 



Note — The owner of the station arbitrarily changed its 

 name to Marengo by which it is now known at the General 

 Post Office. 



Burrung-gombidya — The name of a high and remarkable point 

 on a range near a tributary of the Murrumbidgee River ; 

 probably means flying away, ' burrung ' flying, ' gombidya ' 

 signifying the sound as of anything flying. 



"VVil'lawang — This word signifies the junction of two creeks in 

 the dialect of the Lachlan tribe. 



