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Living Harbour: Aboriginal Place Names

Aboriginal Place Names

  1. Present name: North Head (outer)
    Aboriginal name: Boree
    Reference: 'Sydney Cove' 1878c
    Historical name/description: North Head

  2. Present name: North Head (inner)
    Aboriginal name: Garungal, Car-rang-gel
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: North Head

  3. Present name: Spring Cove or Little Manly Cove or Manly Cove
    Aboriginal name: Kayoo-may
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Collins Cove

  4. Present name: Manly Cove or North Harbour
    Aboriginal name: Kay-ye-my, Kay-yee-my
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793
    Historical name/description: Manly Bay

  5. Present name: North Harbour
    Aboriginal name: Kunn-ná, Kunná, Cannae
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848, 'Sydney Cove' 1878a
    Historical name/description: North Harbour, Manly Beach

  6. Present name: Balgowlah
    Aboriginal name: Jilling
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Fincham's, North Harbour; or Balgowlah Township

  7. Present name: Middle Harbour
    Aboriginal name: Warrin gá, Warringà
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Middle Harbour

  8. Present name: The Spit, Middle Harbour
    Aboriginal name: Burra-brú, Burrabru
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: The Spit, Middle Harbour

  9. Present name: Parriwi Head, The Spit
    Aboriginal name: Parriwi
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Point East of Spit

  10. Present name: Fig Tree Point (Long Bay, Middle Harbour or Sommerville Point, Balmain)
    Aboriginal name: Cooroowal
    Reference: Thornton 1899
    Historical name/description: Fig Tree Point

  11. Present name: Middle Head
    Aboriginal name: Kuba Kaba, Caba-caba, Ca-ba Ca-ba
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1798
    Historical name/description: Middle Head

  12. Present name: Chowder Bay
    Aboriginal name: Koreé, Koree
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Chowder Bay, Chowder

  13. Present name: Chowder Head or possibly North Head (inner)
    Aboriginal name: Gurugal, Gurrugal
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: West Head

  14. Present name: Probably between Bradleys Head and Middle Head
    Aboriginal name: Taliangy, Tal-le-ongi-i
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: [illegible] water, Bradley Point

  15. Present name: Bradleys Head
    Aboriginal name: Booragy, Búrroggy, Burròggy or Broggy
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Bradley's Point, Bradley's Head

  16. Present name: Mosman Bay
    Aboriginal name: Goram bullagong, Gorambùllagong
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Sirius Cove / Mossman's Whaling Establishment

  17. Present name: Robertsons Point
    Aboriginal name: Aboriginal name: Wulworrá-jeung
    Reference: Larmer 1832
    Historical name/description: Robertson's Point

  18. Present name: Kurraba Point
    Aboriginal name: Kurrá bá, Kurrábá
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Point West of Robertsons Point

  19. Present name: Kurraba Point western side
    Aboriginal name: Wurru-birri
    Reference: Larmer 1832
    Historical name/description: McLarens Store

  20. Present name: Careening Cove
    Aboriginal name: Wéyé Wéyé, Weeawya
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Careening Cove Head, Careening Cove

  21. Present name: Wudyong Point
    Aboriginal name: Wudyong
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Point east of Milsons

  22. Present name: Kirribilli-Milsons Point
    Aboriginal name: Kiarabilli, Kiarabily
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Milson's Point

  23. Present name: Lavender Bay
    Aboriginal name: Quibéreé, Quiberee
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Hulk Bay

  24. Present name: Blues Point
    Aboriginal name: Warung áréá, Warrungarea
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Billy Blues Point

  25. Present name: Lane Cove River
    Aboriginal name: Turranburra
    Reference: Thornton 1899
    Historical name/description: Lane Cove River

  26. Present name: Hunters Hill-Woolwich peninsula
    Aboriginal name: MocoBoula
    Reference: Joules Joubert 1860
    Historical name/description: Peninsula beginning at the mouth of the Lane Cove River

  27. Present name: Charity Point, Meadowbank
    Aboriginal name: Mar-ray-mah
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Dinner Point

  28. Present name: Parramatta
    Aboriginal name: Paramatín, Parramatta, Par-ra-mat-ta
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791, Phillip 1790, Hunter 1793, Tench 1793, Collins 1798
    Historical name/description: Parramatta, Rose Hill

  29. Present name: Toongabbie
    Aboriginal name: Toon-gab-be
    Reference: Phillip 1792
    Historical name/description: 3 miles westward of Parramatta

  30. Present name: To the west of Parramatta
    Aboriginal name: Wau-maille / War-mul
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 10 minutes walk
    Malgray-matta / Mal-gra-mattar
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 19 minutes walk
    Era-worong / A-rar-woo-rung -
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 7 minutes walk
    Carra-matta / Car-rar-mattar -
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 18 minutes walk
    Boolbane-matta / Bul-barn-mattar
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 5 minutes walk
    Carro-wotong / Kar-rar-wo-tong
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill, 29 minutes walk
    Present name: Prospect
    Aboriginal name: Mar-rong / Mararong
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: To the westward from Rose Hill 17 minutes walk to Mararong - Prospect Hill

  31. Present name: Homebush Bay, island on western side near mouth
    Aboriginal name: Arrowanelly
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: The island of the flats

  32. Present name: Breakfast Point, Mortlake (or possibly Greenwich Point)
    Aboriginal name: Booridiow-o-gule
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Breakfast Point

  33. Present name: Spectacle Island
    Aboriginal name: Gong-ul
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: 8th or Spectacle Island

  34. Present name: Snapper Island
    Aboriginal name: Ar-ra-re-agon
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: 7th Island

  35. Present name: Iron Cove?
    Aboriginal name: Go-mo-ra
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Long Cove

  36. Present name: Cockatoo Island
    Aboriginal name: Wa-rea-mah
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: 6th or Cockatoo Island

  37. Present name: Yurulbin
    Aboriginal name: Yerroulbin, Yerroulbine
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Long Nose Point

  38. Present name: Goat Island
    Aboriginal name: Me-mil, Memill, Me-mel, Milmil
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793, Collins 1798, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: 5th island, Memilla (at Memill), Goat Island

  39. Present name: Darling Harbour
    Aboriginal name: Tumbulong, and Go-mo-ra?
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Darling Harbour, Long Cove

  40. Present name: Millers Point
    Aboriginal name: Coodye
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Jack the Millers Point

  41. Present name: Dawes Point
    Aboriginal name: Tar-ra, Tarra, Tárrá
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Meehan 1807, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: West point of Sydney Cove, Slaughter House Point

  42. Present name: Campbells Cove ?
    Aboriginal name: Melia-Wool
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: A small cove within [Sydney Cove]

  43. Present name: The Rocks west side of Sydney Cove
    Aboriginal name: Talla-wo-la-dah
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Where the hospital stands

  44. Present name: Sydney Cove
    Aboriginal name: War-ran, Weé-rong, Warrane, Warrang
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Tench 1793, King in Hunter 1793, Meehan 1807
    Historical name/description: Sydney Cove, Sydney

  45. Present name: Bennelong Point
    Aboriginal name: Tu-bow-gule, Tubow-gule, Too-bow-gu-liè, Tobegully, Jubughalee, Jubùghallee
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793, Collins 1798, Meehan 1807, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Sydney Cove, East point, the eastern point of the cove, Bennelong Point

  46. Present name: Farm Cove
    Aboriginal name: Woggan-ma-gule, Woccanmagully
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Meehan 1807
    Historical name/description: Farm Cove

  47. Present name: Farm Cove beach
    Aboriginal name: Cookaroo
    Reference: Thornton 1899
    Historical name/description: Farm Cove Beach

  48. Present name: Mrs Macquaries Point
    Aboriginal name: Yu-ron, Yurong, Yourong
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-92, Meehan 1807, Mitchell ca 1848, Larmer 1832
    Historical name/description: East bank of Farm Cove, Mrs Macquarie's Point

  49. Present name: Fort Denison, Pinchgut Island
    Aboriginal name: Mat-te-wan-ye
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1802
    Historical name/description: 4th or Rock Island, the small island which is situated in the middle of the harbour

  50. Present name: Woolloomooloo Bay
    Aboriginal name: Walla-mool, Wallamoula, Wooloomooloo
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Peron 1809, Lycett 1824-1825
    Historical name/description: Cove next to Farm Cove

  51. Present name: Garden Island
    Aboriginal name: Ba-ing-hoe
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: 3rd or Garden Island

  52. Present name: Potts Point
    Aboriginal name: Derawun
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: East point of [cove next to Farm Cove]

  53. Present name: Elizabeth Bay
    Aboriginal name: Carraginn
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Next cove [meaning cove next to Woolloomooloo Bay]

  54. Present name: Elizabeth Point
    Aboriginal name: Jerrowan, Jèrrowan
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Elizabeth Point

  55. Present name: Macleay Point
    Aboriginal name: Yarrandab, Yarrandabby
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Mr McLeay's Point

  56. Present name: Rushcutters Bay
    Aboriginal name: Kogerah
    Reference: Huntington 1873
    Historical name/description: Rushcutter Bay

  57. Present name: Darling Point
    Aboriginal name: Yaranabe
    Reference: 'Sydney Cove' 1878a
    Historical name/description: Darling Point

  58. Present name: Clark Island
    Aboriginal name: Be-lang-le-wool, Billong-ololah, Billòng-olòla
    Reference: Anon ca1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: 2nd island [meaning, as coming up the harbour), Clark Island [sic]

  59. Present name: Near Watsons Bay on South Head, or Point Piper
    Aboriginal name: Woo-la-ra, Willárrá, Wallàra
    Reference: Southwell 1788a, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: The Look-Out, Point Piper

  60. Present name: Shark Island
    Aboriginal name: Bo-a-millie, Boambilly, Boam bill ...[word incomplete document damaged]
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: 1st island coming up the harbour, Shark Island

  61. Present name: Rose Bay
    Aboriginal name: Pannerong, Pan-ner-rong, Ginnagullah
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1798, Huntington 1873
    Historical name/description: Rose Bay

  62. Present name: Steele Point (Shark Point)
    Aboriginal name: Burrowwo, Burrowway
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Rocky Point south of Vaucluse

  63. Present name: Vaucluse Point (Bottle and Glass Point)
    Aboriginal name: Móring, Moring
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Vaucluse Point dsgzsdg

  64. Present name: Watsons Bay [Kutti Beach]
    Aboriginal name: Kutti
    Reference: Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: Siddons & Watson's Residences

  65. Present name: Laings Point, Watsons Bay
    Aboriginal name: Mit-ta-la, Metallar, Ku-bung hárrá, Kubungarra
    Reference: Southwell 1788, Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848
    Historical name/description: The Green Point west of Camp Cove, Langs Point; Laing's Point

  66. Present name: Sow and Pigs Reef
    Aboriginal name: Ba-rab-ba-ra, Bir-ra-bir-ra, Birrur bi...[word incomplete document damaged], Birrur Birah
    Reference: Southwell 1788a, Anon ca 1790-1792, Mitchell ca 1848, Larmer 1832
    Historical name/description: The Mid-Rock, The rock in the Channel, Sow and Pigs

  67. Present name: South Head [inner]
    Aboriginal name: Burra.wa-ra, Bara woory ? [writing unclear], Barraory
    Reference: Southwell 1788a, Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Inner South Head, South Head

  68. Present name: South Head [outer]
    Aboriginal name: Tar-ral-be
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: South Head

  69. Present name: Murriverie Pass
    Aboriginal name: Marevera
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: Between Ben Buckley and Bondi

  70. Present name: Ben Buckler
    Aboriginal name: Benbuckalong
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: Ben Buckley

  71. Present name: Bondi
    Aboriginal name: Boondi
    Reference: Thornton 1896 in Organ 1990
    Historical name/description: Bondi

  72. Present name: Tamarama
    Aboriginal name: Cramaramma
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: The bay known as Nelson's

  73. Present name: Gordons Bay or Coogee
    Aboriginal name: Kudgee, Coojee, Kooja, Coogee, Koojah
    Reference: Miles 1854, 'Sydney Cove' 1878b, West 1882, Thornton 1896
    Historical name/description: A small bay between the large bays of Port Jackson and Botany Bay, Coogee, The bay north of the bay now known as Coogee

  74. Present name: Coogee
    Aboriginal name: Bobroi
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: The bay where the two hotels are

  75. Present name: Maroubra
    Aboriginal name: Mooroobra
    Reference: 'Sydney Cove' 1878b
    Historical name/description: Mooroobra

  76. Present name: Long Bay
    Aboriginal name: Boora
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: Between Maroubra and Little Bay

  77. Present name: Botany Bay, north head
    Aboriginal name: Bunnabi, Bunnabri
    Reference: Thornton 1892, Thornton 1899
    Historical name/description: North Head Botany

  78. Present name: Botany Bay north head, near Bare Island
    Aboriginal name: Wadba wadba
    Reference: Dawes 1790-1791
    Historical name/description: The name of country near Bare Island

  79. Present name: Yarra Bay
    Aboriginal name: Yarra
    Reference: West 1882
    Historical name/description: Yarra Bay

  80. Present name: Botany Bay
    Aboriginal name: Ka-may
    Reference: Anon ca 1790-1792
    Historical name/description: Botany Bay

  81. Present name: Bonna Point, Kurnell/Quibray Bay
    Aboriginal name: Bunna Bunna
    Reference: Thornton 1899
    Historical name/description: Bonna Point, Botany Bay

  82. Present name: Kurnell
    Aboriginal name: Kundul
    Reference: Thornton 1892
    Historical name/description: South head of Botany Bay

  83. Present name: Cronulla to Kurnell
    Aboriginal name: Goonamarra
    Reference: Thornton 1896 in Organ 1990
    Historical name/description: Beach and sand hills about Port Hacking

 

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