Aboriginal Names for local places in Australia and Aboriginal place names & meanings?

Aboriginal names have been reintroduced to many places and people.Give some examples you have heard.


All around Australia Aboriginal words for places are now used. List some Aboriginal place names you know and the meaning of them

Aboriginal Names for local places in Australia and Aboriginal place names %26amp; meanings?
winemaking area of Coonawarra in the SouthEast 'Coonawarra' is an aboriginal word meaning Honey Suckle Rise. it also means light a fire - specifically a signal fire."








Dandenong, Ballarat, Geelong, Wodonga, Echuca and Wangaratta were all examples indigenous named places.





Glenunga - named for the estate of an early Scottish settler, Daniel Ferguson. It is not certain, however, whether the name of this Adelaide suburb is necessarily Scottish. According to Cockburn (1984), 'unga' is an Aboriginal word meaning 'near to', the prefix 'glen' being chosen because of the proximity of Ferguson's estate to Glen Osmond.





Cowandilla, Glenalta and Stonyfell also have a "Scottish ring" about them, but have not yet been established as place names that actually exist in Scotland. There are several places in Scotland containing the name Cowan, but Cowandilla is actually the Aboriginal name for the Glenelg area and is therefore clearly not of Scottish origin. Fell is a geographical term found in the Scottish Borders and northern England, but Stonyfell as such does not seem to occur in the UK, the name (meaning 'rocky hill') being made up by Annie Montgomery Martin, a settler. There is a case for claiming Elizabeth as a suburb that has a Scottish link since it honours Queen Elizabeth II who is half Scottish through her mother. Elizabeth and its eight extensions (Elizabeth Downs, Elizabeth East, Elizabeth Grove, etc) have not been included as Scottish names, however, as this would overstate the connection between Adelaide and Scotland.
Reply:Tocumwal


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apparently means big hole ( no offense to the people of Tocumwal) as there is an old blow hole that is connected to the Murray River