aboriginal name for a shell-mound,generally supposed to be Victorian, but, by some, Tasmanian.
1888. R. M. Johnston, `Geology of Tasmania,' p. 337:
«With the exception of their rude inconspicuous flints, and theaccumulated remains of their feasts in the `mirnyongs,' ornative shell-mounds, along our coasts, which only havesignificance to the careful observer, we have no other visibleevidence of their former existence.»
1893. R. Etheridge, jun., `Transactions of the Royal Societyof South Australia,' p. 21 [Title of Paper]:
«The Mirrn-yong heaps at the North-West bank of the River Murray.»