Aboriginal Toponymy and Pacific War Echoes in Queensland
From Coyyan's Notebook a Queensland travel and linguistic survey details Aboriginal place names along the rail corridor. The account notes naming origins, river and mountain labels, and the cultural layer behind maps, with reflections on how names reflect geography and history amid looming war in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh A. Bomland
Itas
Queensland Railways
Nariew Gribes
Transla
Stulgreve
Russell
Johnstone
Tally
Vues
Conley
Sammy Pecker Kureen
Fayne
Elsawnere
Wornsn
Abedeinal
Talty Falls
Bartle Frere
Barue
Chile
Bunal
Bellenden Ker
Wones
Monae Morguls
Moon Os
Gruth
I ‘Spere
Ar Land
Marion
Babinda
Cot
Furncoft
Tally River
Etary
Japan and Germany threaten new blows in Pacific war outlook
Deterioration of the Pacific scene and the looming German bid to end the war push Japan toward early entry. The war clouds rise over the Southern Pacific as observers warn of imminent action and increased danger for Allied resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Caledonia
Japan
Pacific
Coset
Queensland
Australie
New Guinea
Timor
Dar
East Indies
Asia
Ausia
Casualties and missing air force personnel reported
Fragmented wartime note lists R.A.A.F. casualties and missing airmen including Lieutenant Richard Arthur Oakley of Walloon and Sergeant Enes Hubert Willan of Lidcarabe NSW attached to MAAS squadron. Mentions broader concern over Japanese expansion and potential attacks, with speculative notes on future Allied responses and regional implications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fapy
Richard Arthur Oakley
Teaerhy
Wallourn
Wiener
RAAF
Oval
Air Force
Tormoariy
Melbourne
RNAP
Beavee
RAAP
Sergeath Enes
Hubert Willan
TE Powruecty
Lidcarabe Nsw
Eenriy
MAAS
Mitale East
Misamng
Reneava
Tripoli and Its Hinterland War Lineage
Historical overview of Tripoli from Phoenician founding through successive occupiers to 19th century struggles. Notes piracy, European involvement, and American engagement including the Philadelphia incident and ransom. Mentions French seizure of Tunisia, Italian and British interests, and shifting control up to early 1800s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mediterranean
Europe
Reets
Lombare
America
Trposiamia
Aso
Bort Sard
Trine
Philadelphia
Walla Kalan
Alexandria
Philadelphis
Tite
Pasha
Skortiv
Admiral Bike
Anc
Ant
Aries Elk
Tripoli's Many Sides Amid Desert Trade and War
The report sketches Tripoli as a crossroads of culture and conflict with 4000 houses and a population noted as Arab and Jewish communities. It references roads, climate, trade, and a 1925 expedition amid rebel activity, plus mentions a German cinema figure and European presence shaping the city’s landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tripoli
Aras
Sehet
Varia
Welle Helge Emrers
Sahara
Lark
Belo
Sumnamie Golone
Goran Casxerip
Indian Army
Ourn
Achat Sheeve
Black Maria Anniversary and a Tangled Tale of Bow Street
A 130th anniversary celebration recalls Bow Street police vans nicknamed Black Marias used for prisoner transport. The piece also touches on old Drury Lane characters, cave dwellers, and Libyan geography including Tripoli and desert regions, with scattered historical notes on populations and climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Maria
Bow-Street
Mans’ Dobson
Drury Lane
Black Marias Inn Park
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de Witt
de Wett
EXIDE
Sun
Eadie
Exide Batteries
Hite
Sas
Rand Rere
Haan
Ede
Ce Ata
Waar Era Coce
Coyyan
Malay Peninsula
Thailand
Peninsus
Serel Howeven
Beth Malis
Owen
Heey
Ciarytios Ward
Impasuye
Coplinlate
Avaid Starvatak
Mmarane
Seaney
Mts
Baeer Plate
Syrdney
Marth
Kean
Marerba
Kuranda
Jueerah
Mura
Wonga
Tockerrow
Cayyan
Costco
Garvana
Bates
Tully
Indian Ocean
R.a.af
Igapure
Brisanne
Indies
Netherlands
Uboer
Yin
Mier
James
Frederick
Shen
Holland
Ae Vital Tae
RAAY
Archerfel
Malaya
Barnes
Germany
Raves Burin
Pripattiania
Tuninic
Equatorial Africa
Cyresies
Tripolite
Zplis Major
Sabtaix
Oessiloa
Penneys
Kayser
al Penneys
Prestige
Swami
Men's Cellular
Ait
Rak
Siren Ea
Pet Joyce
Pkt
Stromm
Wilsprang
Undine
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