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North Rocks and the country between Toongabbie and Baulkham Hills

Language: 
NSW COAST
Australian: 
Borromarree
English JS Main: 
North Rocks and the country between Toongabbie and Baulkham Hills
English: 
[ÔInterested in the nomenclature of places in the County of Cumberland, [the rev. W.B. Clarke, ÔThe father of Australian GeologyÕ), Clarke obtained from Narquiqui, the Chief of the South Creek natives, the aboriginal names for the following: South Creek (Wianamatta), Baulkham Hills (Norree), Castle Hill (Mongailee), Prospect Hill (Waimalee), North Rocks and the country between Toongabbie and Baulkham Hills (Borromarree).Õ [James Jervis: Rev. W.B Clarke: ÔThe Father of Australian GeologyÕ:, JRAHS, XXX, vi, 1944]]
Category: 
place: proper
Source: 
Jervis, James
Page: 
378
Line: 
11
Respelt: 
buru mari
Part of speech: 
phrase 2
Meaning Clue: 
’buruwa’ = ‘a kangaroo’: Bowman: Camden [19:81]; ’buru’ = ‘kangaroo’: Ridley: KAOL (Cpstr) [104:5]

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