Our word of the week is “Mumblebone”

According to Mary Jane Cain reminiscences of Coonabarabran, New South Wales and district, 1844-1926, Mumblebone means “wild turkeys gobbilling”

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It is important to note that these records were written in most cases about Aboriginal languages by non - Aboriginal people. For this reason, the written words may not accurately reflect the ways in which an oral language was spoken and transmitted.