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3 unusual facts about Turrubal language


Coominya railway station

Indigenuous Yugarabul dialect was probably spoken in the district and ‘Coominya’ a derivation of this dialect.

Dillybag

Dilly comes from the Jagera word dili, which refers to both the bag and the plants from which it is made.

St Peter Claver College

It was founded in 1976, on the traditional lands of the Ugarapul clan of the Yuggera Nation, and was named in honour of St Peter Claver, the Spanish Jesuit priest and Patron Saint of the slaves.



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