What Aboriginal land is Melbourne on?

What Aboriginal land is Melbourne on?

The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the land, the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

What does Narrm mean?

Narrm is the Woi Wurrung word for the Melbourne region. Delivered annually since 2009, the Narrm Oration is held every November on the Parkville campus.

What does the Aboriginal word Yarra mean?

waterfall
Birrarung is the Wurundjeri name for the waterway, but Yarra is also an indigenous word meaning ‘waterfall’ or ‘ever flowing’. The river is believed to have got its current name after an Englishman mistakenly believed Yarra Yarra was its Aboriginal name.

Is Melbourne Naarm or wurundjeri?

The traditional Aboriginal name of Melbourne is Naarm and Naarm is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. The Kulin Nation is a collective of five Aboriginal nations: Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Wathaurrung, Daungwurrung and Dja DjaWrung.

What is the Aboriginal name for Thornbury?

The Wurundjeri are an Aboriginal Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They occupied the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley before British settlement of the area, around the present location of Melbourne, and were called the Yarra tribe by the settlers.

Is Melbourne an Aboriginal word?

Womindjeka / wominjeka! That means welcome in the languages of the Traditional Custodians of the area now called Melbourne.

Why is the Yarra so dirty?

The strong brown, muddy colour of the river is caused by clay soils. The Yarra had clear water before European settlement but during the industrial revolution in the 19th century, high levels of land clearing and development caused these microscopic clay particles to enter the water, making it the colour it is today.

How do you say hello in Boonwurrung language?

Wominjeka means Hello/Welcome in the Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people of Kulin Nation – the traditional owners of Melbourne.

What were the Aboriginal names of Melbourne’s suburbs?

Ten previously forgotten Aboriginal names for 19th century sites and suburbs of Melbourne have been recently unearthed at the Melbourne Museum. These include the names for Fitzroy (Ngár-go), Richmond (Quo-yung), Collingwood (Yálla-birr-ang) and Brunswick (Bulleke-bek).

What was the first suburb of Melbourne gazetted?

Aboriginal Melbourne Fitzroy, for example, the first suburb of Melbourne gazetted in 1839 and the first municipality beyond the Melbourne borders, is listed in Howitt’s notebook as Ngár-go, meaning “high ground”.

What is the city of Melbourne doing to support indigenous culture?

The City of Melbourne collaborates with its Indigenous community to develop its strategies, agreements and protocols that celebrate, support and expand Indigenous culture. Skip to main content Level 1:Home

Are indigenous names being taken up by mainstream Australia?

Indigenous words, phrases and place names have been taken up and used in mainstream Australia since colonisation, but often with a limited appreciation of their nuance or complexity. Universities, for example, are eagerly adopting Indigenous names to furnish their meeting rooms and public spaces.