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Updated: May 27, 2025

The most intelligent was Tackijally, and even he understood but little, not enough to comprehend anything I said about the white man lost in the bush. To secure their goodwill and best services however I immediately gave them three tomahawks; and when Yarree Buckenba took a new handkerchief from my pocket I presented him with it. They accompanied us when we moved forward to encamp nearer water.

Thomas Mitchell - Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1