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Goat Island

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Mmel
English JS Main: 
Goat Island
English: 
Parramˆtta, Gwea, Cameera, Cad-i, and Mmel, are names of places.
Category: 
place: Harbour: islands
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
292
Line: 
11.2
Respelt: 
mimil
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Mmel" mimil = "Parramˆtta, Gwea, Cameera, Cad-i, and Mmel, are names of places." Goat Island : Tench [:292:11.2] [BB]
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History

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