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Language: 
Sydney
Australian: 
Yarrandabby
English: 
Mr McLeayÕs Point
Category: 
place: Harbour: SE
Source: 
Larmer [Mitchell pprs]
Page: 
419
Line: 
8
Respelt: 
yarandabi
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1853
Meaning Clue: 
"Yarrandabby" Yarandabi = "Mr McLeay’s Point" [place, a]: Larmer [Mitchell pprs] [:419:8] [Syd]
Source Details: 
Larmer, James, 1853: Native Names of Points and Islands in Port Jackson. Sir T.L.Mitchell Papers, v. 8. Mitchell Library, A295, Part 3, pp 419, 420 32 ENTRIES: THIS IS A HANDWRITTEN LIST, IN A THIN HAND ============= SEE ALSO LARMER, James: 1834 Larmer, J. (1898). "Native Vocabulary of Miscellaneous New South Wales Objects." Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales XXII: 223-229. ================================== FROM INTERNET: http://www.records.nsw.gov.au/cguide/sy/surgen13.htm 21. Larmer's native vocabulary notebook and correspondence, 1834-53, CGS 13947 (Kingswood SZ1002; copy of Larmer's Native Vocabulary held by the Mitchell Library at SR Reel 3723). 1 bundle. This bundle contains a rough draft of Larmer's work, in addition to his correspondence with J. Thompson, Assistant Deputy Surveyor General. There is also a small bound volume of 'Native Vocabulary', which gives the Aboriginal names of land marks in Port Jackson and the English translations for many Aboriginal words. ============== JS LIST LICATION: Aboriginal Word Lists Rinbinder A-L, under LARMER

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