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Coleby

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
C˜l-bee
English JS Main: 
Coleby
English: 
Nanbaree and Abaroo welcomed them on shore; calling them immediately by their names, Bˆn-ee-lon, and C˜l-bee. But they seemed little disposed to receive the congratulations, or repose confidence in the assurances of their friends.
Category: 
name of person
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
159
Line: 
11
Respelt: 
gulbi
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
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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