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Nigger Creek
| NAME OF PLACE | MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN | NAME OF PLACE | MEANING OR REASON WHY IT WAS GIVEN |
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| Cooberruma | Two gins drowned | Burgaua | Swampy Country | ||
| Cumbublak | Fighting ground | Bungal-Bungal | A lot of Kangaroos found dead | ||
| Cootumba | Blackfellow killed by a falling tree | Buriugaua | Wood got for making Shields | ||
| Darrumba | Burdekin plum grows | Jaba | Troopers Camp | ||
| Koobaba | Camp for flying foxes | Koobah | A place where a lot of blackfellows were Supposed to be shot by the troopers | Tampillas | Blacks took the murdered blacks to eat them |
| Gottaderia | Camp for dingoes | Burgah | Gold found | ||
| Arahbulgan | Place for catching Kangaroo | Bewirah | Flooded creek brook over | ||
| Eugiu | Alligators lay eggs | Sumanah | Small Springs | ||
| Wegold | Waterfalls | Boona | Blacks Camp burning by another tribe of blacks | ||
| Woolbura | Bamboo trees | ||||
| Sun Sun | Spearing fish | ||||
| Seryegea[?] | Emu lay eggs | ||||
| Wengara | Trees blown down | ||||
| Quain | White rocks | ||||
| Jumbileoola | Hot Springs | ||||
| Neendajella | Big Mountains | ||||
| Woolama | White ground | ||||
| Kattabah | Pine trees | ||||
| Tomatree | Centipeas [?] found | ||||
| Sulkiu | Carpet Snakes camp | ||||
| Coopau | White man killed by blacks | ||||
| Bungea | Bark got for making blankets | ||||
| Mulgau | Large rock Split by lightning | ||||
| Meugau | Sea Shells found | ||||
| Wooroorurka | Harbor for Kangaroo rats | ||||
| Mookagarpa | Tree for making fishing lines | ||||
| Sunnurra | Alligator Camp | ||||
| Jerringun | Scrub trees nest | ||||
| Sungal-Sungal | Cattle Camp | ||||
| Jacki | Range of Mountains |
1/c Const Reg No405
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This page requires content warning for a specific, and extremely degrading term. I am unsure if a general statement when introducing this collection is sufficient.
Some articles on this place:
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/racist-place-names-to-be-struck-from-the-record-in-queensland-20170828-p4yvlm.html
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/30/a-blot-on-the-landscape-queensland-calls-time-on-racist-place-names
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