The City of Ballarat falls within the traditional boundaries of the Kulin Nation, of the Wadawurrung and Dja Dja Wurrung people are the Traditional Custodians.

Who are the traditional owners of Victoria?

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 is the Aboriginal name for Ballarat?

Ballarat is spelt Ballaarat in Wadawurrung language, Wurdi Youang, is now known as the You Yangs and Warrenyeep is written on maps as Mt Warrenheep.

What are the aboriginal tribes in Victoria?

Victoria currently has five determinations of native title which cover much of the state. These are the Yorta Yorta peoples, the Wotjobaluk, Jaadwa, Jadawadjali, Wergaia and Jupagulk peoples of the Wimmera, the Gunditjmara Peoples, the Gunaikurnai people and the Gunditjmaraand Eastern Maar peoples.

What Aboriginal land is Anglesea on?

The Wathaurong People are the Traditional Custodians of an area of land bounded by Aireys Inlet, Anglesea, Werribee, Bacchus Marsh, Beaufort, Streatham and Derrinallum.

Who is traditional owner?

Traditional Owners are Aboriginal people who have ongoing traditional and cultural connections to country. Aboriginal people in Victoria were dispossessed of their traditional lands and often forced off their country onto missions and reserves following European settlement of Victoria.

Who are the traditional owners of Southbank Melbourne?

2 Southbank Boulevard acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of this land, the Wurundjeri people, and recognises their ongoing connection to land, waters and community. We pay our respects to the First Australians, and their Elders past, present and emerging.

What is the Aboriginal name for Geelong?

Djilang Djilang was the traditional Wadawurrung name for Geelong. Djilang meaning a “Tongue of Land”.

What does Kalgoorlie mean in Aboriginal?

Kalgoorlie, the name given in 1894 to the town that grew there, is a corruption of the Aboriginal word galgurli, or karlkurla, meaning “silky pear,” a local plant also called the bush banana.

What Aboriginal land Am I on Torquay?

Wadawurrung land Torquay is situated on Wadawurrung land which is part of the Kulin nation that surrounds Port Phillip Bay.

What does Parattah mean in Aboriginal?

ice and cold Parattah (Aboriginal word for ice and cold) Parattah is a railway town, established mainly to service the old Main Line railway, with the station at Parattah being known as Oatlands Station.

What is the Aboriginal name of Melbourne?

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

What Aboriginal land Am I on Geelong?

Wathaurong nation The Wathaurong nation, also called the Wathaurung, Wadawurrung and Wadda Wurrung, are an Aboriginal Australian people living in the area near Melbourne, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula in the state of Victoria.

Is Kookaburra in Aboriginal word?

Kookaburra – Another iconic Australian animal. The name is of Aboriginal origin and has also made its way into Australian colloquialism with the term budgie and budgie smugglers being used to describe the bird as well as mens swimwear also known as speedos.

What does Wagga Wagga mean in Aboriginal?

the place of many crows The name Wagga is derived from the local Wiradjuri Aboriginal language on whose land the City of Wagga Wagga now grows. It is widely accepted that Wagga means crow and to create the plural, the Wiradjuri people repeat the word. Thus Wagga Wagga translates as the place of many crows.