"Aranda, Australian Capital Territory Aranda is a suburb in the district of Belconnen, in the Australian capital city of Canberra. Located at the western foot of Black Mountain and bounded on two sides by nature park, the suburb is characterised by its bush setting. During the planning and development of the suburb, a large proportion of large native trees – predominantly eucalypts – were left in place. The suburb derives its name from the Arrernte tribe of Central Australia, previously known as ""Arunta"", which means 'White Cockatoo'. The streets in Aranda are named after Aboriginal tribal groups from around Australia."
"mentioned. The town's name is an Aboriginal term said to mean 'meeting place of the waters' or simply 'meeting place' (""""Derived from Awabakal Aboriginal term for 'meeting of waters', but this cannot be linguistically verified. (Appleton; 1992). Also: meeting of the waters. (McCarthy; 1963).""""). It was apparently pronounced 'Wu-lum-bee', though today it is pronounced Wo (as in wok) - lum (as in thumb) - bi (as in buy). There is a vast number of historic Aboriginal sites in the surrounding countryside which is thought to have been used as a ceremonial meeting place as people from hundreds of kilometres visited"
"Nuriootpa, South Australia Nuriootpa ( ) is the major commercial centre in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, about an hour's drive north of the capital, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres by rail. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for ""meeting place"". Nuriootpa is situated at the north end of the Barossa Valley, near the Sturt Highway and has a population of over 5704 people, making it the largest town in the area. There are grape-vines growing on some of the buildings in the main streets, and vineyards surrounding the town. It is home"
"town amongst the jarrah forests on the Darling Scarp. Short stay accommodation in a forest setting close to Perth is a growth area, and is increasingly offering eco-tourism experience for local and overseas visitors. Kalamunda, Western Australia Kalamunda () is a town and eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the Darling Scarp at the eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The word is derived from two Noongar (an Indigenous Australian language) words: ""kala"" meaning ""home"" and ""munda"" meaning ""forest"", hence spawning the City's motto ""A home in the forest"". At above sea level, Kalamunda and the surrounding"
"the outskirts in the Light Regional Council). Nuriootpa was home to the short-lived ""Nuriootpa and District Community Diary"" (November 1955 - November 1956), a monthly magazine subtitled """": monthly news bulletin of the Nuriootpa War Memorial Community Centre Inc"""". Nuriootpa, South Australia Nuriootpa ( ) is the major commercial centre in the Barossa Valley in South Australia, about an hour's drive north of the capital, Adelaide, and 77 kilometres by rail. The name of the town is reputed to be the local Aboriginal word for ""meeting place"". Nuriootpa is situated at the north end of the Barossa Valley, near the"
"used as a high-pitched call, for attracting attention, (pronounced ) which travels long distances. ""Cooee"" is also a notional distance: ""if he's within cooee, we'll spot him"". ""Hard yakka"" means ""hard work"" and is derived from ""yakka"", from the Jagera/Yagara language once spoken in the Brisbane region. Also of Aboriginal origin is the word ""bung"", from the Sydney pidgin English (and ultimately from the Sydney Aboriginal language), meaning ""dead"", with some extension to ""broken"" or ""useless"". Many towns or suburbs of Australia have also been influenced or named after Aboriginal words. The best-known example is the capital, Canberra, named after"
"Katanning, Western Australia Katanning is a town located 277 km south-east of Perth, Western Australia on the Great Southern Highway. At the 2016 census, Katanning had a population of 3,687. The meaning of Katanning is unknown but it is thought to be a local Aboriginal word that is 'Kart-annin' that literally means ""meeting place of the heads of tribes"", 'Kartanup' that means ""clear pool of sweet water"", or 'Katanning', which means ""spiders on your back"". Others suggest that the place is named after a local Aboriginal woman. The first Europeans to explore the Katanning area were Governor James Stirling and"
"and impact can occur. Yallingup, Western Australia Yallingup is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, south of Perth. Yallingup is a popular tourist destination because of its beaches and limestone caves, and proximity to Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park. Yallingup is named after an Australian Aboriginal word that means ""Place of Love"". After its caves were discovered by European settlers in 1899, Yallingup became popular with tourists. Tourism and viticulture are Yallingup's primary industries. Yallingup is located south of Perth and west of Busselton in Western Australia's South West region. Yallingup experiences a Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification"
"The word 'Tidbinbilla' is Aboriginal in origin and comes from the word ""Jedbinbilla"" – a place where boys become men. Known sites of Aboriginal significance at Tidbinbilla include the Birriagi Rock Shelter, which is the oldest Aboriginal site within the Australian Capital Territory. Bogong Rocks is a shelter where the oldest evidence of Aboriginal occupation was found at a bogong moth resting site. The nature reserve is classified as an IUCN Category II protected area. Aborigines have inhabited the Tidbinbilla area since antiquity. Archaeological digs at Birrigai, over the hill from Tidbinbilla, found the earliest evidence of the use of"
"Kalamunda, Western Australia Kalamunda () is a town and eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located in the Darling Scarp at the eastern limits of the Perth metropolitan area. The word is derived from two Noongar (an Indigenous Australian language) words: ""kala"" meaning ""home"" and ""munda"" meaning ""forest"", hence spawning the City's motto ""A home in the forest"". At above sea level, Kalamunda and the surrounding areas experience colder night temperatures than the bulk of the Perth Metropolitan area to the west. Deep clay soils in the valleys in this area provide ideal growing conditions for stone fruits, apples and"
"Omeo Omeo ( ) is a town in Victoria, Australia on the Great Alpine Road, east of Mount Hotham, in the Shire of East Gippsland. At the 2016 census, Omeo had a population of 406. The name is derived from the Aboriginal word for 'mountains' or 'hills'. Omeo is affectionately known as the City of the Alps with many historic buildings remaining in the town. The town is still the commercial hub for the Omeo Region and is a service centre for outlying communities such as Benambra, Cobungra, Cassilis, Swifts Creek, and Ensay. The first reported sighting by Europeans of"
"is where he made a statement that there shall be a treaty between black and white Australia. Sitting around the camp fire, trying to work out a chord to the guitar, and around that camp fire, I said, ""Well, I heard it on the radio. And I saw it on the television."" That should be a catchphrase. And that's where 'Treaty' was born"". The song became a worldwide success. Barunga, Northern Territory Barunga is a small aboriginal community located approximately southeast of Katherine, in the Northern Territory of Australia. Formerly known as Beswick Creek, it was later called Bamyili before"
"Currambine, Western Australia Currambine is a northern suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia 30 km north of Perth's central business district. Its local government area is the City of Joondalup. It contains the Currambine Central shopping centre and cinema complex. Currambine was approved as a suburb name in 1980. The name was chosen by the City of Wanneroo in 1979 from a book by A.W. Reed. It is an Aboriginal word from New South Wales meaning ""heaps of rocks"". Currambine was developed as a chiefly residential suburb in the mid-1990s on land adjacent to the Currambine train"
"geological era. Sport is an integral part of the fabric to the community of Mingenew. Mingenew, Western Australia Mingenew is a town in Western Australia, located north of the state capital, Perth. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Mingenew. Mingenew was named after Mingenew Spring, an Aboriginal word recorded by European settlers in 1856, possibly deriving from either the words ""Minganu"" ""the place of many ants"" or ""Mininoo"" ""the place of many waters"". Mingenew and the surrounding Irwin District were first explored by the brothers Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas Gregory in August 1847, looking for"
"Mingenew, Western Australia Mingenew is a town in Western Australia, located north of the state capital, Perth. It is the seat of government for the Shire of Mingenew. Mingenew was named after Mingenew Spring, an Aboriginal word recorded by European settlers in 1856, possibly deriving from either the words ""Minganu"" ""the place of many ants"" or ""Mininoo"" ""the place of many waters"". Mingenew and the surrounding Irwin District were first explored by the brothers Augustus Charles and Francis Thomas Gregory in August 1847, looking for suitable grazing land. Settlement of the district then occurred in the 1850s because it was"
"Mareeba Mareeba is a town in Far North Queensland, Australia. The town is above sea level on the confluence of the Barron River, Granite Creek and Emerald Creek. It is within the local government area of Shire of Mareeba (between 2008 and 2013, it was within the Tablelands Region). The town's name is derived from an Aboriginal word meaning ""meeting of the waters"". In the 2011 census, Mareeba had a population of 10,181 people. Prior to European settlement, the area around Mareeba was inhabited by the Muluridji people. They maintained a hunter/gatherer existence in the area between Mount Carbine, Mareeba,"
"released at the end of the war. Raukkan, South Australia Raukkan is an Australian Aboriginal community situated on the south-eastern shore of Lake Alexandrina in the locality of Narrung, eighty kilometres southeast of the centre of South Australia's capital, Adelaide. Raukkan is ""regarded as the home and heartland of Ngarrindjeri country."" Raukkan, which means ""meeting place"" in the Ngarrindjeri language, was for thousands of years an important meeting place for Ngarrindjeri ""lakalinyeri"" (clans) and the location of the Grand Tendi, the parliament of the Ngarrindjeri people. The Grand Tendi was composed of men elected from each of the eighteen lakalinyeri"
"Moulamein Moulamein is a small town in New South Wales, Australia, in the Murray River Council local government area. At the , Moulamein had a population of 330 . Moulamein is the oldest town in the Riverina. The town is located between Balranald, Hay, Deniliquin and Swan Hill, at the junction of the Edward River and Billabong Creek. The name Moulamein is derived from a local Aboriginal word meaning ""the meeting of the waters"". The climate of this area is semi-arid, and the area is rich in birdlife such as waterfowl, wedge-tailed eagles and emus. This area also has quite"
"started by lightning, started near the town in 2013 and burnt out over of farmland and bushland. The fire threatened homes and over 100 residents were evacuated to a centre in Muchea. Bindoon, Western Australia Bindoon is a town from Perth city on the Great Northern Highway within the Shire of Chittering. The name Bindoon is thought to be Aboriginal in origin and to mean ""place where the yams grow"". The name has been in use in the area since 1843 when an early settler, William Brockman, named the property he had surveyed as Bindoon. The townsite was gazetted in"
"population is younger. Property prices are relatively high, in part due to comparatively restrictive development regulations. The word ""Canberra"" is popularly claimed to derive from the word or , which is claimed to mean ""meeting place"" in Ngunnawal, one of the Indigenous languages spoken in the district by Aboriginal Australians before European settlers arrived, although there is no clear evidence to support this. An alternative definition has been claimed by numerous local commentators over the years, including the Ngunnawal elder Don Bell, whereby or means ""woman's breasts"" and is the indigenous name for the two mountains, Black Mountain and Mount"
"Ngambri Ngambri is an Aboriginal name for a locality in the south-east of Australia, near the centre of what is now Australia's capital city of Canberra. The area is close to Black Mountain along Sullivans Creek down to the Yeelamgigee, now Molonglo River. The extent of recognised Ngambri territory has been the subject of controversy in recent years. The location was settled in October 1831 when John MacPherson was granted of land. The homestead of the property was on the high ground above the river and called Springbank. MacPherson lived at Springbank with his wife Helen and their children, the"
"the Australian Aboriginal Dhudhuroa word ""bugung"", meaning brown moth. Its presence has contributed to the naming of numerous locations and landmarks. For example, a town, Bogong, in the Australian state of Victoria has been named after the moth. Mount Bogong, located south of the Bogong High Plains, is also named after the moth, with its traditional name, ""Warkwoolowler"", meaning the mountain where Aboriginal people collected the 'boo.gong fly'. In the Australian state of New South Wales, a series of mountains in the Kosciuszko National Park are named the Bogong Peaks. Adult bogong moths have an overall dark brown coloration, with"
"Raukkan, South Australia Raukkan is an Australian Aboriginal community situated on the south-eastern shore of Lake Alexandrina in the locality of Narrung, eighty kilometres southeast of the centre of South Australia's capital, Adelaide. Raukkan is ""regarded as the home and heartland of Ngarrindjeri country."" Raukkan, which means ""meeting place"" in the Ngarrindjeri language, was for thousands of years an important meeting place for Ngarrindjeri ""lakalinyeri"" (clans) and the location of the Grand Tendi, the parliament of the Ngarrindjeri people. The Grand Tendi was composed of men elected from each of the eighteen lakalinyeri who then elected from its members the"
"Wandering, Western Australia Wandering is a town located in the wheatbelt region of Western Australia, approximately from the state capital, Perth, just off the Albany Highway. It is the main town in the Shire of Wandering. At the , Wandering had a population of 294. The area's name, although an English word, appears to owe its name to a local Aboriginal word, ""wandooin"", after the wandoo or white gum tree that is prevalent in the area, although some sources suggest it was named to recall the first sighting of wandering stock, and was originally applied to Wandering Brook, first recorded"
"a few times a week to Brisbane. Two airlines serve Alice Springs: Qantas and Virgin Australia. Alice Springs is a base for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. Alice Springs Alice Springs (; Arrernte: Mparntwe) is the third-largest town in the Northern Territory of Australia. Popularly known as ""the Alice"" or simply ""Alice"", Alice Springs is situated roughly in Australia's geographic centre. The area is known as ""Mparntwe"" to its original inhabitants, the Arrernte, who have lived in the Central Australian desert in and around what is now Alice Springs for tens of thousands of years. The name ""Alice"
"Old Toongabbie Old Toongabbie is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia 29 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Parramatta. It is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Toongabbie is derived from an Aboriginal word, reported as meaning ""place by the water"" or ""meeting by the water"". It was named in June 1792 after Governor Arthur Phillip asked the local Aborigines what they called the place. It is the oldest official use of an Aboriginal place-name - Parramatta which was founded earlier was"
"name Wareemba comes from an Aboriginal word meaning ""place where sweet water meets salt water"". Wareemba has a small group of shops located on Great North Road. Wareemba is famous for its coffee shops, including one business that combines fruit shop with coffee shop. Wareemba Gospel Hall is in Coranto Street. The suburb of Wareemba had a population of 1,546 people, according to the 2016 Census of Population and Housing. Like the nearby suburbs of Haberfield and Five Dock, Wareemba has a large population of residents with Italian ancestry (22.6%). 67.0% of people were born in Australia with the next"
"Sydney today is Australia's largest city and a major international capital of culture and finance. The city has played host to many international events, including the 2000 Summer Olympics. The first people to occupy the area now known as Sydney were Australian Aborigines. Radiocarbon dating suggests that they lived in and around Sydney for at least 30,000 years. In an archaeological dig in Parramatta, Western Sydney, it was found that the Aboriginals used charcoal, stone tools and possible ancient campfires. Near Penrith, a far western suburb of Sydney, numerous Aboriginal stone tools were found in Cranebrook Terraces gravel sediments having"
"Echuca Echuca ( ) is a town located on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria, Australia. The border town of Moama is adjacent on the northern side of the Murray River in New South Wales. Echuca is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Shire of Campaspe. At the time of the 2016 census, Echuca had a population of 12,906. The population of the combined Echuca and Moama townships was estimated to be 20,660 at June 2016. Echuca lies within traditional Yorta Yorta country. The town's name is an Aboriginal word meaning ""meeting of"
"called Kendall Heights, then Penang Mountain. The name Kariong was assigned in about 1947. Kariong was once believed to mean meeting place in the local Aboriginal language. Other early residents were told the name meant ""place of the cold winds"", and the name is listed, albeit with a different spelling, in F.D. McCarthy's Australian Aboriginal place names book of 1946 with this meaning. However, records in the NSW Mitchell Library show that the name Kariong was a typographical error from old script reading 'Karrong'; the second 'r' was mistaken for an 'i'. Kariong's boundaries include a considerable section of the"
"including the Bellarine Peninsula. Geelong City is also known as the 'Gateway City' due to its central location to surrounding Victorian regional centres like Ballarat in the north west, Torquay, Great Ocean Road and Warrnambool in the southwest, Hamilton, Colac and Winchelsea to the west, and the state capital of Melbourne in the north east. Geelong was named in 1827, with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region, ""Djillong"", thought to mean ""land"" or ""cliffs"" or ""tongue of land or peninsula"". The area was first surveyed in 1838, three weeks after Melbourne. The post office"
"had over 60 shows at the Gidgegannup showgrounds. Gidgegannup, Western Australia Gidgegannup is a township northeast of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. The name Gidgegannup comes from a Noongar word meaning ""Place where spears are made"", and was first recorded by passing surveyors in 1852. The townsite is situated on Toodyay Road. The locality is drained by the north flowing Wooroloo and Gidgegannup Brooks. Due to low density development, considerable amounts of natural vegetation remain in the area - and the roads to the north of Toodyay road (O'Brien, Clenton and Berry, and Reen Roads) have been designated"
"Caledon Bay Caledon Bay is a bay in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia, at approximately 12.8° S, 136.5° E. It is perhaps most famous as the home of a group of Yolngu people who were key players in the Caledon Bay crisis, which marked a turning point in the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. Caledon Bay is also the place where Matthew Flinders recorded on 3 February 1803 an encounter with some Aborigines and he described them as ""Australians"". This is one of the first recorded uses of the word to describe the inhabitants of the"