NGADJURI PEOPLE ABORIGINAL CORPORATION

LANGUAGE

 

There is a wise Aboriginal saying "The Truth burns like Fire"!  

Our Language is complex however here we will try to detail some of our Ngadjuri Language.  

Ngadjuri = We People or Originally We Men.

The word Cowie means Water and as a result many Towns in our Land have owie in them still today.

Booborowie (Round Waterhole).

Caltowie (Sleepy Lizard Waterhole).

Canowie (Rock Waterhole).

Terowie (Hidden Waterhole).

Yarcowie (Wide Water).

 

Koolunga = Red Banks of the Broughton River, (begs the question, did we call the River Broughton?)

Orroroo = Many Definitions: Meeting Place of the Magpie, the original name of the Creek or the Wind.

Wira = Gum Tree.

Meju = Men.

WiraMeju is Kaurna for Peppermint Gum Tree People as this is what they called us.

Bari = River, Budli = Star, Bulali = Stars, Gudna = Poop, Mena = Eye, Mulka = Talk, Mutanga = Dance, Wali Bari = Milky Way, Wildu = The Southern Cross, Winda = Owl, Wurlie = Bark Hut.