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AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES
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|+NAMES OF MEN.
| colspan=2 |The following are the names of men, with their meanings:—
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|width=66%|Kaawirn kuunawarn||'Hissing swan'
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| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;"|(Chief of the Kirræ wuurong—'blood-lip'—tribe, named after the noise the swans made when he robbed their nests.)
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|Wombeet tuulawarn||'Rotten spear'
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| colspan=2 style="text-align:center;font-size:83%;"|(From the old decayed spears his father carried.)
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|Gnuurnecheean||Hunting bag
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|Puunmuttal||Bite meat
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|Weerat kuyuut||Eel spear
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|Pundeet puulotong||Dragger out of fat
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|Teel meetch willa neung||Untied eel spear
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|Wittin yuurong||Strips of skin
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|Yambeetch||Swamp weed
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|Laaweet tarn{ae}||You eat my food
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|Wuromkil wuurong||Long lip
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|Purteetch wirrang ween||Fight with fire-stick
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|Wol muutang||Lightwood tree
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|Gnunnahiniitch||Bat
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|Peaalko{ae}||Redgum tree
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|Wuruum kuurwhin||Long grass burning
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|Wuuro killink||Long waterhole
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|Nuurtekel wing||Deaf
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|Muuro{ae} wuulok||Seed of long grass
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|Tiyeer bariin||Spear knee
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|Puunmirng||Swamp—local name
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|Puunbat||Local name
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|Marrohmuuk||Swamp—local name
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|Puulepeetch||Bald head
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|Tuulirn beem||Red head
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|Naaweetch||Swamp water
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|Tumeetch puuruutch||Calves with large veins
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|Warrowill||Swamp—local name
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|Wombeetch puyuun||Decayed kangaroo
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|Wullæ merrii||Stony
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