Bundjalung Dictionary

English: turtle, swamp turtle (mc)
Bundjalung: bin.gihn, bingging
Part of Speech: noun
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With same English translation:  
Category: fish
Comment: A giant fresh water turtle features in a myth from Beaudesert - in death turned to stone (as was a giant goanna also) to form mountains in the Great Dividing Range (Mn).
Gold Coast Tweed: M:Fingl Biningerra
Lower Richmond: Bj:TMcD:Cowl bingig swamp turtle,' Wi:Curr:Richmd bingin turtle

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