Place .. Native Name .. Native Meaning
“Murrumba” (T. Petrie’s Homestead) .. Murrumba .. Good.
North Pine Kippa Ring (near blacksmith’s) .. Nindur-ngineddo .. Leech – sitting down
Portion of North Pine River, near Railway Bidge .. Mandin (Mundin) .. Fishing net.
Small Island (T. Petries) below “Murrumba” .. Gumpu (Coompo)
Site of former lagoon in paddock near gatekeeper’s North Pine .. Yimbin (Yimboon) .. Bulrush
Creek below “Murrumba” .. Yibri (Yebri) .. Put or lay it down
Sping below Inverpine, North Pine .. Berrimpa .. Present place
Pocket in River above Inverpine .. Bungil .. Grass
Big hill near Petrie’s Pocket .. Mudlo Mudlo .. Stone stone
Cottage Hill, mouth of Pine (Petrie’s Pocket) .. Andurba (Undurba)
Sandy Point, mouth of Pine, north side .. Kulukan .. Pelican
Scott’s Point, Humpybong .. Banda-mardo (Bunda-mardo) .. White clay – getting it
Another point, Humpybong .. Warun (Waroom)
Redcliffe (part of) .. Kau-in Kau-in .. Blood Blood (red like blood)
Redcliffe (part of) .. Yura .. Spotted gum
Caboolture .. Kabul-tur .. Place of carpet snakes
Caboolture (Bribie dialect) .. Wonga-dum (Wongadoom) .. Place of carpter snakes
Narangba .. Narangba .. Small place
Stony Creek, Narangba .. Bulba
Neurum Neurum Creek .. Nuram Nuram .. Wart Wart
Two small mountains above Delaney’s .. Jerim
Sideline Creek .. Kurwongbah
Mt. Samson .. Buran (Boorun) .. Wind
Rush Creek .. Bargira
Brown’s Creek .. Tugoui
Samford .. Kupidabin .. From Kupi, an opossum
D. L. Brown’s land, Samford .. Karandukamari
Straight stretch of water, Enoggera near saleyards .. Bu-ub-ba .. Leg (shin)
Mt. Coot-tha .. Ku-ta .. Dark native honey
Moggil Creek .. Maggil (Moggil) .. Large water lizard
Toowong (near Railway Station) .. Baneraba (Bunaraba)
Being in River below Indooroopilly Bridge .. Tu-wong .. Black goat-sucker (bird)
Site of Railway Bridge, Indooroopilly .. Mirbarpa
Site of Regatta Hotel, Toowong .. Jo-ai Jo-ai
Indooroopilly .. Yindura-pilli
Yeerongpilly .. Yurong-pilli .. Rain coming
West End .. Kurilpa (Kureelpa) .. Place for rats
Woolloongabba should be .. Wulonkoppa
Mt. Cotton (near Mt. Petrie) .. Tungipin (Toongipin) .. West wind
Mt Gravatt .. Kaggar-mabul (Kuggar-mabul) .. Porcupine Resort
Norman Creek .. Kulpurum (Kool-puroom)
Hemmant (Wynnum dialect) .. Kuwirmandadu (Koo-wer-mandado) .. Place for curlew.
Mt. Hant (Logan dialect) .. Gir-an-guba .. Opossum
Queensport .. Maurira
Pinkenba .. Dumben (Doomben)
New Farm .. Binkin-ba .. Place of the land tortoise
White’s Hill .. Bulumba (Boolimba)
Bulimba .. Tugulawa, known to Queensland Railway authorities as Toogoolawah .. Shape of heart (indicating river bend at that spot)
Booroodabin .. Burudabin .. Place of oaks
Wooloowin should be .. Kuluwin
Hill, Garrick’s house, Bowen Bridge Road .. Gilbumpa (Gilboom-pa)
Exhibition and Hospital .. Walan (Woolan) .. Bream (fish)
Ashgrove .. Kallindarbin
Observatory .. Wilwinpa
Breakfast Creek .. Ya-wa-gara
Newstead .. Karakaran-pinbilli
Breakfast Creek, near Railway Bridge .. Barrambin
Boggy Creek, Eagle Farm .. Tumkaiburr
Petrie’s Bight .. Tumamun
Nundah .. Nanda (Nunda) .. Chain of water holes
Nundah (site of former German mission) .. Tumbul
Sandgate .. Warra .. Open sheet of water, or river
Nudgee .. Murgin Murgin
Tingalpa .. Tingalpa .. Place of fat
Amity Point .. Pul-an
Swan Bay .. Wiji-wiji-pi
Canaipa .. Kanaipa
St. Helena .. No-gun
Mud Island .. Bangamba (Bungumba)
Green Island .. Mil-warpa
Stradbroke Island, near South Passage .. Dumba
Cape Moreton .. Gunemba
Wynnum .. Winnam .. Breakfruit
Dunwich .. Gumpi
Moreton Island .. Mulganpin (Moolgan-pin)
Manly .. Narlung
Coochimudlo Island .. Kutchi-Mudlo .. Red stone
Ipswich .. Tulmur
Goodna .. Gudna .. Dung
Brisbane (Garden Point from the Bridge round to Creek Street, taking in the settlement) .. Mi-an-jin (Me-an-jin)
Gympie (Wide Bay dialect) .. Gimpi .. Stinging tree
Pialba (Wide Bay dialect) Pilba .. Butcher bird
Noosa Head .. Wantima .. Rising or climbing up
Portion of Scrub at Maloolah .. Jippa .. Bird
MAROOCHY DIALECT
Nambour .. Nambour .. Tea-tree bark
Budderim Mountain .. Badderam .. Honey-suckle
Yandina .. Yandinna .. Small place of water
Toorbal Point .. Ningi-Ningi .. Oysters
BRIBIE ISLAND PASSAGE
White Patch .. Tarrang-giri .. Leg
Oyster Camp Reserve .. Banya
Long Island .. Nu-lu .. Small
Glass Mountain Creek .. Daka-bomon .. Stone-standing up
Coochin Creek .. Kutchi .. Red paint.
GLASS HOUSE MOUNTAINS
Birwa (Beerwah) – up in sky .. Brisbane dialect
Bir-barram (Beer-burrum) – parrot .. Maroochy dialect
Ngulun-Barung – neck crooked .. Brisbane dialect
or
Kundna-Barung – neck crooked .. Maroochy dialect
Chilbur-kakan (Chebur-kakan) – squirrel biting .. Brisbane dialect
Tunba-bula-bula – mountain two .. Maroochy dialect
Yinni – lawyer cane .. Maroochy dialect
Tree or Plant .. Native Name .. Scientific Name
Bunya Pine .. Bon-yi (Bon-yee) .. Araucaria Bidwilli
Pine similar to New Zealand Cowrie .. Dundardun .. Agathis Robusta
Cyprus Pine .. Burogari .. Callitris Columellaris
Moreton Bay Pine .. Kumbartcho .. Araucaria Cunninghamii
Red Ironbark .. Biggar .. Eucalptus Siderophloia
Ironbark (narrow leaved) .. Tandur .. Eucalyptus Crebra
Blue Gum .. Mungar .. Eucalyptus .. Tereticornis
Spotted Gum .. Yura .. Eucalyptus Maculata
Stringybarks .. Diura .. Eucalyptus Acmenioides
Bloodwood .. Buna .. Eucalyptus Corymbosa
Swamp Mahogany .. Bulurtchu .. Tristania Suaveolens
Fig Box .. Tabbilpalla .. Tristania Conferta
Cedar (red) .. Mam-in .. Cedrela Tooma
Moreton Bay Chestnut .. Mai .. Castanospermum Australe
Moreton Bay Ash .. Kuran .. Eucalyptus Tesselaris
She-Oak .. Billi-ai .. Casuarina Clauca
Forest Oak .. Buruda .. Casuarina Torulosa
Moreton Bay Fig .. Ngoa-nga .. Ficus Macrophylla
Small Fig .. Nyuta .. Ficus Platypoda, var. Petiolaris
Apple Tree .. Bu-pu .. Angophroa Intermedia
Dogwood .. Denna .. Jacksonia Scoparia
Corkwood or “Bat Tree” .. Kuntan .. Erythrine Sp.
Mangrove .. Tintchi .. Bruguiera Rheedii
Large Honeysuckle Bambara (Bumbara) .. Banksia Latifolia
Small Honeysuckle .. Minti .. Banksia Amula
“Geebun” .. Dulandella .. Perseoonia
Breadfruit .. Winnam .. Pandanus Pedunculatus
Grass-tree .. Dakkabin .. Xanthorrhea
Cabbage-tree Palm .. Binkar .. Livistonia Australis
Common Palm .. Pikki .. Archontophoenix Cunninghamii
Scrub Vine .. Nannam .. Malaisia Tortuosa
Lawyer Cane .. Taigam .. Calamus Sp.
Lawyer Cane (Bribie Dialect) .. Yinni
Vine with yellow berries .. Barra .. Cudrana Javanensis
Scrub vine used for climbing .. Yurol (Yeroll Creek on Stradbroke evidently same name) .. Flagellaria Indica
Coarse grass used for dilly making .. Dilli .. Xerotes Longifolia
Swamp plant used for fish poison .. Tang-gul .. Polygonum Hydropiper
Cunjevoi .. Bundal .. Alocasia Macrorrhiza
Large been in scrub .. Yugam .. Canavalia Obtusifolia
Swamp Fern .. Bangwal (Bungwal) .. Blechnum Serrulatum
Bullrush .. Yimbun .. Typha Angustifolia
Wild Yam .. Tarm .. Dioscorea Transversa
Ground Orchids .. Chingum .. Caladenia Carnea / Caladenia Alba
White green-spotted berry .. Midyim .. Myrtus Tenuifolia
Whites’ Name .. Native Name .. Meaning
Sara Moreton .. Diniba
Catchpenny .. Gwai-a
Other black women .. Ta-ruchi / Bingi-Bingi, Munan, Turpin
Bob Clift .. Gangginda
Millbong Jemmy .. Yin-bung .. One eye
Dundalli .. Dundalli .. Wonga pigeon
Sam at Dunwich .. Yeridmou .. Mouth of native bees’ nest
Kobban Tom .. Mindi-Mindi or Kutti-gri
Daiarli .. Dai-arli .. Taylor fish
Jimmy .. Wanangar .. Left it
Kuta .. Kuta .. Native honey
Ommuli .. Ommuli .. The breast
Tunbur .. Tunbur .. Maggot
Dulu-marni .. Dulu-marni .. Creek caught
Native Word .. White Word
Turrwan .. Green man
Kippa .. Young man
Mallara .. Grown man
Jundal .. Woman
Puddang .. Mother
Nam-ul .. Baby
Narring .. Son
Bing .. Father
Yinnell .. Creek or gully
Warril .. Creek (Ipswich dialect)
Baggur .. Wood
Bunggil .. Grass
Banyo .. Ridge
Bippo .. Mountain
Mundo .. Ridge (Wide Bay dialect)
Tumba .. Mountain (Wide Bay dialect)
Yaggaar .. No
Ya-wai .. Yes
Bi-gi .. Sun
Killen .. Moon
Mirrigin .. Stars
Kurumba .. Big
Berpi .. Little
Kal-lang-ur .. Good (Maroochy dialect)
Kanggungun (Kang-goon-goon) .. Laughing jackass
Tunggi .. Native companion
Kundurkan .. Ditto (Stradbroke dialect)
Wargan .. Crow
Konggong .. Egg
To-wan .. Fish
Kinnen .. Mosquito
Dibbin .. Common house fly
Tchidna .. Track of foot
Muru .. Nose
Murra .. Hand
Mil .. Eye
Pidna .. Ear
Tambur .. Mouth
Tiar (tear) .. Teeth
Mag-ul .. Head
Wadli .. Bad
Mugara .. Thunder
Kan-nang-ur .. Thirsty
Millen .. Plenty
Tu-gun .. Sea waves
Kirri .. North
Yun-gur .. South
Wian .. West
Burgin .. East
An-an .. Grey eagle hawk
Tu-wan .. Black eagle hawk
Budar .. Eagle hawk (Wide Bay dialect)
Tallabilla .. Outlaw
Nallan-kalli .. Liar
Mirbong .. Net for kangaroo
Muntong .. Net for paddmelons
Bula .. Two
Bula-Bula .. Four
Darlobolpal .. Camping place
Tabbil-yanmunna .. Running water
Inta tabbil balka-i .. You water, fetch it
Mianjin ngatta yarrana .. Brisbane I’m going
Inta wanna yarrana .. You, where going?
Yin wanna yan man .. Same meaning (Wide Bay dialect)
