Kuril the fawny-footed melomy
“Much of the area was swampy and a fertile hunting ground for Aboriginal people. The fawn-footed melomy called the “corril” or “kuril” in various South Eastern Queensland languages was found here in abundance, giving rise to the name “Kurilpa” or “place of the Kuril” for the peninsula.”
Paul Granville “The Origins of Orleigh Park” Highgate Hill and its History June 13, 2020
Image: Common water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, Culgoa River/Goodooga. Credit: Robert W G Jenkins, Australian Museum.