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In the movie, his name is Nullah. In real life, his name is Brandon Walters. He's from Perth.
Yackandandah *IS* the Aboriginal name....meaning rock/waterhole when translated.
yes Alinta is an Aboriginal name meaning flame or fire
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.
The name "Illawarra" is believed to be a corruption of a local aboriginal word, alowrie, meaning "high pleasant place by the sea."
The name 'wombat' has no other meaning in the aboriginal dialect. It is derived from an Eora name for the animal.
The name Oodnadatta is derived from an Aboriginal word, Utnadata, which means 'blossom of the mulga'.
There's an Irish name "Nuala", it's short for Fionnuala.
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It is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'shaggy beard'
The name Buderim is derived from a Kabi Kabi Aboriginal word, 'badderam', meaning hair pin honeysuckle, a type of Banksia that grows in the area.
The town's name Katoomba reputedly comes from a local aboriginal word 'godoomba' meaning 'water tumbling over a hill.