Re-awakening Indigenous Placenames
Listening to the language of the land and its people....
Suppose you were wandering this region a few hundred... a few thousand years ago...
How would you describe the country before you?
We acknowledge the Wiradjuri people, elders past, present and emerging for carrying the stories and caring for the land... from here until eternity..
In conjunction with West Wyalong Local Aboriginal Land Council, we're re-awakening these indigenous placenames and allowing the Wiradjuri people to tell their story, their land, their country.
“Traditional names are like echoes in the landscape and give us an idea of what the area is traditionally valued for”Linton Howarth, West Wyalong Local Aboriginal Land Council
The Re-awakening Indigenous Placenames project aims to give context and meaning to Wiradjuri language across the Riverina Region.
Wiradjuri Placenames around the region have been identified using the book 'A New Wiradjuri Dictionary', 2010 by Dr Stan Grant Sr AM and Dr John Rudder and compiling local oral histories. In some instances, there may be local dialects and alternate names for sites that are not listed here.