Place of sleep.
The word “Umina” was derived from the Australian Aboriginal word meaning Place of sleep. The Woy Woy and Umina district was home to the Guringai Australian Aboriginal tribe.
What does ettalong mean in Aboriginal?
Ettalong is an Aboriginal word meaning “place for drinking”. It was named as such because fresh water was available from a hole submerged in the sand close to shore. Early crews would stop in this town to get water from that hole.
What does Woy Woy mean in Aboriginal?
deep water
The words ‘Woy Woy’ reputedly come from the language of the Guringgai (or Kuringgai) First Nations people. The expression is said to mean ‘deep water’ or ‘big lagoon’ – a probable reference to Brisbane Water.
What does toukley mean in Aboriginal?
rough and smooth
Name. The town was originally called Toukley Oukley, said to be the Aboriginal name for the place, meaning “rough and smooth“.
What does narara mean in Aboriginal?
black snake
Narara is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘black snake‘. (Source: “The Story of the Aboriginal People of the Central Coast of New South Wales” edited by F.C. Bennett). Narara Street was named in the 1881 Village of Lorne subdivision.
What does Burra mean in Aboriginal?
great
Burra: One of our most controversial placenames, the town was originally known as Burra Burra. It is either derived from the Aboriginal word meaning “great”, or “big”, or possibly from a Hindi word, also meaning “big”.
What does Moree mean in Aboriginal?
rising sun
Moree /ˈmɔːriː/ is a town in Moree Plains Shire in northern New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the banks of the Mehi River, in the centre of the rich black-soil plains. Its name comes from an Aboriginal word for “rising sun,” “long spring,” or “water hole.”
What does Wagga Wagga mean in Aboriginal?
The word Wagga Wagga comes from the Wiradjuri word Waga meaning a place to dance. Waga Waga, meaning a place of dance, place of celebration. The repetition of a word expresses plural or emphasis, emphasis meaning special importance. Thus, Wagga Wagga could mean a place of many celebrations or a place of many dances.
What does Wyong mean in Aboriginal?
edible yam
Wyong. In the Darkinjung language, it means ‘edible yam‘, referring to the species in abundance in its waterways.
What does Koori mean in Australia?
Aboriginal person
Koori (or Koorie)
Koori is a term denoting an Aboriginal person of southern New South Wales or Victoria. ‘Koori’ is not a synonym for ‘Aboriginal’. There are many other Aboriginal groups across Australia (such as Murri, Noongar, Yolngu) with which Indigenous Australians may identify themselves.
What does Terrigal mean in Aboriginal?
a place of little birds
The name Terrigal is said to mean “uncertain”. Possibly “a place of, or where one can find wild figs” (if based on the Aboriginal word “Tarriga”), or “a place of little birds” (if based on the Aboriginal word “Tarragal”). Many different spellings of Terrigal appear on maps over the years.
What does Wangi Wangi mean in Aboriginal?
The word Wangi has been translated variously as water, night owl or dark green tree so that Wangi Wangi would mean place of much water, many night owls or many dark green trees. Early settlers and fishermen used the word to mean peninsula and Point Wollstonecroft was called “Little Wangi”.
What does Ulladulla mean in Aboriginal?
Safe Habour
According to the survey forms and correspondence received by the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia regarding Aboriginal place names, 1899-1903, 1921-1926, Ulladulla means ‘Safe Habour‘. According to the David R Horton map, Ulladulla most likely originated from the Yuin Language group.
What does Boya mean in Aboriginal?
The name of Boya is a local Noongar word meaning “stone” or “rock”, and was imposed by government officials in the early twentieth century.
What does Bala mean in Aboriginal?
brother
Bala is the Meriam Mir word for brother. “Whether it’s a conversation or you’re teaching people what Bala is, they’re all little reminders of who you are, where you come from and where you are right now,” Mills said.
What does Bulla mean in Aboriginal?
two
Bulla bulla was an Aboriginal term meaning either ‘two’ or ‘good’.
Is it rude to say Aborigine?
‘Aborigine’ is generally perceived as insensitive, because it has racist connotations from Australia’s colonial past, and lumps people with diverse backgrounds into a single group. You’re more likely to make friends by saying ‘Aboriginal person’, ‘Aboriginal’ or ‘Torres Strait Islander’.
What does Nala mean in Aboriginal?
The name Nala, which means Earth, originates from Palawa Kani, a constructed Aboriginal Tasmanian language created with the intention of reviving the language spoken by the extinct native Aboriginal Tasmanians. In 1905, the final native speaker passed away and the original language became extinct.
What does Bindi mean in Aboriginal?
little girl
Meaning of Bindi
Australian Aboriginal word meaning “little girl” or “little spear” A forehead decoration worn by married women in some parts of India.
What does Malaka mean in Aboriginal?
a stupid or annoy person.
What does Dubbo mean in Aboriginal?
Dubbo, NSW
Is thought to come from a Wiradjuri word, Thubbo, which is in conjecture of two possible meanings; either ‘red earth’ or ‘head covering’, as the first permanent European settler, Robert Dulhunty’s house may have looked like the shape of a hat to the local people.