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]