How did Cronulla get its name?

How did Cronulla get its name?

Cronulla, derived from an Aboriginal word kurranulla meaning ‘place of pink seashells’, is located on the Bate Bay coastline in Sydney’s south. It is the only Sydney beach that can be reached by train, meaning you can visit without the headache of finding a car park.

What does Parraweena mean?

parrots camping place
Parraweena Road is an Aboriginal word meaning ‘parrots camping place’ (Source: “Aboriginal Words and Place Names” S.J. Endacott). .

What does gymea mean in Aboriginal?

a small bird
According to the survey forms and correspondence received by the Royal Anthropological Society of Australasia regarding Aboriginal place names, 1899-1903, 1921-1926, Gymea means ‘a small bird’.

What is the Aboriginal word for fire?

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Aboriginal word	Australian English word
yau yee	fire
boanbal	wood
warrang	child
niara	look there

What Aboriginal country is Cronulla?

Country. The Gweagal lived on the area of the southern side of the Georges River and Botany Bay stretching towards the Kurnell Peninsula. Although not clearly defined, their traditional lands are thought to have possibly extended over much of the Cronulla-Sutherland area as far west as Liverpool.

What Bay is Cronulla in?

Bate Bay
Bate Bay is a bay in southern Sydney, Australia. The bay is south of the Kurnell peninsula and its foreshore makes up the beaches of Cronulla. The beaches of Cronulla from north to south are: Wanda Beach, Elouera Beach, North Cronulla Beach, Cronulla Beach, Blackwoods Beach and Shelly Beach.

What does Narra mean in Aboriginal?

‘Narra’ pronounced. ‘Ngarra with the ‘ng’ as in king or song; Ngarra (adj) twisted or knotted. Ngarra- (verb) to tie (prefix) Ngarra (n) birds nest *note the twisting and knotting references.

What is Australia’s Aboriginal name?

Koori
Geographically-based names Koori (or Koorie) in New South Wales and Victoria (Aboriginal Victorians) Murri in southern Queensland.

What is Sydney’s Aboriginal name?

Djubuguli
Sydney’s Aboriginal name “Djubuguli” refers to what is today named Bennelong Point (where the Opera House stands), whereas “Cadi” denotes the entire Sydney Cove. Check out the guide to Aboriginal Sydney. Population: 4.3 million people, about 50,000 of them Aboriginal.

What does nulla mean in Aboriginal?

When “deadly” is wonderful

Aboriginal word	Language group	Standard English or meaning
nulla-nulla, waddy	Dharug	wooden club, hunting stick
numbat	Noongar	small, slender marsupial with white stripes on its back
pademelons	Dharug	also: badimaliyan; small marsupials found in forests
pukamani	Tiwi	funeral rite (also: ‘pukamani poles’)