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    Dear Sir, / I have received a request from Mr. Davies, / Secretary of the Queensland Historical Society, requesting
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    Kenmore and Fig-tree Pocket to the Brisbane River. / I have advised Mr. Davies that I have no local knowledge of / the creek, but that, doubtlessly the name is derived from
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Union Street,
Toowong, S. W. 1.
January 28th, 1943.
Mr. Sydney May,
Dear Sir,
I have received a request from Mr. Davies,
Secretary of the Queensland Historical Society, requesting
the meaning of the place name Cubberla Creek, which is said
to be a creek, the source of which is in the foot hills of
Mount Cootha and which flows through the districts of
Kenmore and Fig-tree Pocket to the Brisbane River.
I have advised Mr. Davies that I have no local knowledge of
the creek, but that, doubtlessly the name is derived from
the name of the scrub or ring-tailed oppossum, kâ'bārla, which
was at one time plentiful in the local scrubs, but which has
been practically exterminated.
Yours faithfully,
[signature]
(F. J. Watson).