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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).