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"Women Spirit"
An Aboriginal Senior
Woman, Minmia is a great-grandmother, teacher, healer,
and carrier of Wirradjirri Traditional Aboriginal Women's lore / law.
This is the lore / law of the central western area of what is
presently called New South Wales.
Aboriginal word European word
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Ar-ra-re-agon |
Snapper Island |
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Bayinguwa / ba-ing-hoe |
Garden Island |
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Be-lang-le-wool
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Clarke Island |
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Coodyee |
Millers Point |
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Cookaroo |
Royal Botanic Gardens |
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Gong-ul |
Spectacle Island |
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Goudjoulgang / pannerong |
Rose
Bay |
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Jerrawon / carraginn |
Elizabeth Bay |
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Jubgalee/Tubowgule |
Bennelong Point |
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Kiarabily |
Kirribilli |
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Kogerrah / Kogarah |
Rushcutters Bay |
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Mattewanye |
Fort
Denison |
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Meliawool |
Campbells Cove |
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Memel |
Goat Island |
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Pirrama |
Pyrmont |
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Quiberee |
Lavender Bay |
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Talla-wo-la-dah |
The
Rocks |
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Tarra |
Dawes Point |
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Tumbalong |
Darling Point |
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Waalamool |
Woolloomooloo Bay |
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Warinyama / Wa-rea-mah |
Cockatoo Island |
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Warran / Warrang / Werrong |
Sydney Cove |
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Willara |
Woollahra Point |
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Wuganmagali/ Kookaroo / Yah-loong |
Farm
Cove |
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Yuron |
Mrs
Macqaurie’s Chai |
Term Meaning
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badabarang |
eastern grey kangaroo |
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badangi |
Sydney rock oyster |
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barani |
yesterday |
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barra |
fish
hook |
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baruwaluwu |
dolphin |
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binyang |
bird
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bubuk |
boobook owl |
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bulga |
hill
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bunda |
hawk
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burra |
eel
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buruwang |
island |
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daringyan |
stingray |
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dingu |
dingo |
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duwal |
spear (short, with two barbs) |
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dyiral |
shoal water |
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gabba / gaba |
white man (possibly taken from the word "governor" |
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gadyan |
Sydney cockle |
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gamai |
spear (general name) |
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gaining |
cave
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garradjun |
fishing line made from bark |
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garrigarrang |
sea
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gawura |
whale |
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girra girra |
seagull |
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gunya |
dwelling made by people |
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guru
|
deep
water |
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koori |
generic term for Aborigine used in Sydney and most of NSW
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marrang |
sand, beach |
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ngurra |
camp
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numi
|
canoe |
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walamai |
snapper |
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walumil |
Port
Jackson shark |
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waragal |
mackeral |
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wirambi |
bat
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wulaba |
rock
wallaby |
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wumbat |
wombat |
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yara
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crab
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