Mt Gibraltar (863 m) on the southern side of town is the highest point between the Illawarra coast and the Great Dividing Range.It was known as ‘Bowrel’ to the Dharawal Aborigines (thought to mean ‘mountain’). It has four scenic lookouts.
What does Mittagong mean in Aboriginal?
little mountain
The name “Mittagong” is said to come from an Aboriginal word meaning “little mountain“. Other suggested meanings are “a companion” and “plenty of native dogs”, as the Mittagong range was home to many dingos at one time.
What Aboriginal land is Bowral on?
The Bowral area during pre-colonial times was a part of land that belonged to the Tharawal Aboriginal Tribe. However, no permanent aboriginal settlement occurred because of the area’s extreme climate.
What is Bowral named after?
Bowral, settled in 1825, bears an Aboriginal name meaning “large,” or “high.” It was proclaimed a town in 1863 and had become a fashionable resort for wealthy families of Sydney (60 miles [100 km] northeast) by the time it was gazetted a municipality in 1886.
What Aboriginal land is bundanoon?
Bundanoon /ˈbʌndəˌnuːn/ is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire, on Gandangarra and Dharawal Country (where these two countries meet). It is an Aboriginal name meaning “place of deep gullies” and was formerly known as Jordan’s Crossing.
What does Umina mean in Aboriginal?
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 Avoca mean in Aboriginal?
Each town has its own unique origins but it is generally accepted that the meaning of Avoca (which is almost certainly a Gaelic word corrupted when it arrives in English) is “the meeting of the waters“.
What Aboriginal land is Darug?
Cumberland plains
The Darug are thought to have lived between Port Jackson and Botany Bay in the east, the Georges River to the south and south-west, the Hawkesbury River in the north-west, and in the west up to the Blue Mountains. Their language differed between the coastal, the hinterland (Cumberland plains) and the mountains regions.
What suburbs are in Darug country?
The Dharug people still populate the areas of Parramatta, Greater Western Sydney, La Perouse and the Blue Mountains.
What suburbs are in gadigal land?
Gadigal land lies south of Port Jackson and stretches from South Head to Petersham with part of the southern boundary lying on the Cooks River. On the western border lies the territory of the Wangal clan, which extends along the southern shore of the Parramatta River to Parramatta.
Is Queanbeyan an Aboriginal word?
Aboriginal Culture
Queanbeyan is on Ngambri/Ngunnawal land. ‘Quinbean’ was the original name given to the area of the settlement by Timothy Beard which is Aboriginal for ‘clear waters’ or ‘beautiful woman’.
Is Ulladulla an Aboriginal name?
The name Ulladulla is the modern spelling of an Aboriginal word, the meaning of which is unknown. Some records show the name meaning “safe harbour” but local Aboriginal Elders dispute the meaning and point out that a harbour for boats is a modern idea. The name was corrupted to “Holy Dollar” at one time.
Why is there a Mary Poppins statue in Bowral?
The statue of the character Mary Poppins commemorates the author Pamela L. Travers (1899 – 1996), (real name Helen Lyndon Goff), who spent her some of childhood in Bowral. The statue was unveiled during Bowral’s sesquicentenary in 2013 and commemorates a century since P.L. Travers lived in the town.
Is Tharawal and Dharawal the same?
The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, scattered along the coastal area of what is now the Sydney basin in New South Wales.
How do you say hello in Gadigal?
Budyeri kamaru means Hello in the Gadigal language, the traditional custodians of the land on which the Sydney CBD is built.
What area is Gadigal land?
City of Sydney
The original Aboriginal inhabitants of the City of Sydney local area are the Gadigal people. The territory of the Gadi (gal) people stretched along the southern side of Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) from South Head to around what is now known as Petersham.
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 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 bermagui mean in Aboriginal?
canoe without paddles
Bermagui was originally inhabited by the Dyirringany people and takes its name from the local aboriginal word ‘permageua’ which means ‘canoe without paddles‘.
What does Malaka mean in Aboriginal?
a stupid or annoy person.
What does Naarm mean in Aboriginal?
The traditional Aboriginal name of Melbourne is Naarm and Naarm is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. The Kulin Nation is a collective of five Aboriginal clans: Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Wathaurrung, Taungurung and Dja DjaWrung.