The Rev. Lancelot Threlkeld ran a mission in the Newcastle, NSW, area in the period 1831-41, and while there studied the language that came to be known as Awabakal . He wrote copiously about it, in a manner that now appears opaque. Here is an example: kurraġtoanbuġgulliko : to cause by personal agency to foam This can be re-presented with simplified spelling and hyphens to separate component parts, together with source references, in the following manner: Australian respelt E

“Latitude 30° 29′ S Longitude 118° 07′ E The townsite of Wialki is … 341 km north east of Perth and 25 km east of Beacon. … Wialki was gazetted a townsite in 1933. The meaning of the name is not known.” [ http://www.landgate.wa.gov.au/corporate.nsf/web/History+of+country+town+names] The above is taken from the ‘Landgate’ website—as is the following: “Landgate is the Agency responsible for Western Australia’s land and property information. Landgate’s transition from the Depart