What are traditional Aboriginal names?
12 popular Aboriginal baby names for girls
- 1/12. Kirra.
- Maali/Mahlee/Marli. Maali/Mahlee/Marli is a name found in quite a few languages around the world.
- Jedda. Jedda is another popular Aboriginal girls name.
- Yindi. Yindi is a common Aboriginal girls name and is believed to mean sun.
- Alinta.
- Lowanna.
- Alira/Allira/Allyra.
- Keira.
What are Victorian aboriginals called?
Koori (also spelt koorie, goori or goorie) is a demonym for Aboriginal Australians from the approximate region now known as southern New South Wales and Victoria. The word derives from the Indigenous language Awabakal.
What is the Aboriginal word for echidna?
Echidna. Australia’s famous egg-laying mammal has various names; “bigibila” (Gamilaraay), “wandayali” (Wiradjuri), “yinarlingi” (Warlpiri) and “jana jana” (Bundjalung). However, it gets its English name from a character in Greek mythology. “Echidna” is ‘the mother of monsters’.
What’s a good Aboriginal name?
Aboriginal boys’ names
- Minjarra. The name of a bush plum tree which grows in the Kimberley, in Western Australia.
- Birrani. For the Wiradjuri peoples of New South Wales, it is a word that means boy.
- Monaro.
- Yarran.
- Tjandamurra / Jandamarra.
- Waru.
- Iluka.
- Jiemba.
Is Wombat an Aboriginal word?
The name “wombat” comes from the now nearly extinct Darug language spoken by the aboriginal Darug people, who originally inhabited the Sydney area.
What does Nala mean in Aboriginal?
Earth
The name Nala, which means Earth, originates from Palawa Kani, a constructed Aboriginal Tasmanian language created with the intention of reviving the language spoken by the extinct native Aboriginal Tasmanians.
Where did the name Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation come from?
You can read about more of their projects on their website at www.ymac.org.au. Incidentally, the name of the corporation comes from the word for Aboriginal ‘man’ in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions, ‘yamatji’ and the word for Aboriginal people ‘marlpa’ by some traditional owners in the Pilbara region.
Who are the native title owners of Western Australia?
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) is the native title representative body for the Traditional Owners of the Pilbara, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. YMAC’s representative area covers over 1 million square kilometres, with offices in Geraldton, Hedland, Tom Price and Perth.
Who are the native owners of the Pilbara?
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) is the native title representative body for traditional owners of the Pilbara, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia.
Who are the Aboriginal people of Western Australia?
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC) is the native title representative body for the Traditional Owners of the Pilbara, Midwest, Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia. Aboriginal people are the first Australians and are widely recognised as the oldest civilisation in the world.