"Toowoomba" means either "swamp" or "'where the water sits down".
The name "Toowoomba" is derived from the Aboriginal word "Dawooomba," which is believed to mean "place of the water" or "the place where the water flows." This reflects the area's geographical features, including its rivers and streams. The name underscores the significance of water sources to the Aboriginal people who inhabited the region.
Koolawala is the aboriginal name for Australia Koolawala is the aboriginal name for Australia
"Campbelltown" is an English name, not aboriginal. The aboriginal people of the Campbelltown were the Tharawal tribe.
Nogoa in aboriginal means hello people.
The name 'wombat' has no other meaning in the aboriginal dialect. It is derived from an Eora name for the animal.
"Gin" is not an aboriginal name. It was a rather derogatory term used by white people to refer to aboriginal women who were often used for sexual services.
Khaoula is the ancient name for the aboriginal tribe of the western region of nabibibia.
Oodgeroo means paperbark, or paperbark tree.
The name is derived from the Aboriginal word "naamba", referring to the red-flowering tea tree Callistemon viminalis.
In 2011, the leader of Toowoomba, Australia is the Mayor of the Toowoomba Regional Council, Peter Taylor.
The meaning of the name "Bungle Bungle" is uncertain, and it is not even certain whether the word is aboriginal in origin.The name could either be derived from the aboriginal name for the region where the Bungle Bungles are, or it could simply be a misspelling of a common Kimberley grass type found there - which is bundle bundle grass.The aboriginal name for the Bungle Bungles is actually Purnululu, which means sandstone.
Ballarat's name derives from two aboriginal words meaning a camping or resting place - "Balla" meaning elbow, or reclining on the elbow, and "Arat" meaning place.