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The places named in the above table lie to the south of the great spur of the Main Dividing Range, and all the waters run directly to the sea, or to inland lakes. The area is about fifteen thousand square miles, of which nearly eight thousand consist of wide, open, level plains. There are no natural barriers separating the tribes.

The distance from Balmoral to Colac in a straight line is about one hundred and thirty miles.

The dialects of the Wooeewoorong or Wawoorong tribe (River Yarra) and the Boonoorong tribe (Coast) are the same. Twenty-three words out of thirty