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Why do place names in Western Australia end in UP?
These Aboriginal names were meant to be pronounced as “up”, and the Department asked the RGS for a rule to assist in correct pronunciation. The RGS solution was that doubling the following consonant shortened the preceding vowel, and this meant the “upp” ending ensured the “up” pronunciation.
What does the up mean in Yallingup?
Less definite is whether ‘up’ relates to a watering place, a meeting place or simply a place. Wagerup, for example, translates to ‘the place of the emu’. Nearby Yallingup means ‘place of caves’, while Wokalup, further south, means ‘the place of the carpet snake’, which were common until tiger snakes moved in.
How many towns are in Western Australia?
There are 88 towns of between 5000 and 10,000 residents in WA including Collie, Margaret River and Northam. There are 526 towns with between 1000 and 5000 people. WA is home to 41 of them, including communities such as Kalbarri, Pinjarra, Wagin and Wickham.
What does gnarabup mean in Aboriginal?
place of the ringtail possum
Gnarabup means place of the ringtail possum, says Josh Whiteland, a Wadandi man and owner of tour company Koomal Dreaming. The Wadandi people would gather here in the summer months, and it is especially significant for Wadandi women, he says. “In Gnarabup, you’ve got all the big peppermint trees,” he says.
What does up mean in Joondalup?
place
Many suburbs and towns end in the suffix ‘up’, such as Joondalup, Karrinyup and Dwellingup, which means place in the Noongar language. *Noongar Elder Ralph Winmar in van den Berg, Collard, Harben and Byrne, Nyungar Tourism in the South West of Western Australia, Murdoch University, 2005. Aboriginal Services.
What does up mean in WA?
place of
-up /ʌp/ is a suffix commonly found in place names in south western Western Australia. The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Indigenous Australian language, in which “-up” means “place of”. The suffix “-in” or “-ing” has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar.
What is the smallest town in Western Australia?
While it might be the smallest remaining municipality in Western Australia’s Goldfields, residents of Kookynie say you would struggle to top the lifestyle in their home town.
What does up mean in Noongar?
The suffix originated in a dialect of Noongar, an Indigenous Australian language, in which “-up” means “place of”. The suffix “-in” or “-ing” has a similar meaning in a related dialect of Noongar.
Why do south-west towns end in UP?
The solution was deemed to be that doubling the following consonant would shorten the preceding vowel, thus “upp”. This spelling convention was rescinded for towns in south west Western Australia in 1915 as the Australian pronunciation of “u” was almost always short.
What towns are in the South West WA?
South West
- Bunbury.
- Busselton.
- Augusta-Margaret River.
- Boyup Brook.
- Bridgetown-Greenbushes.
- Capel.
Can I say Blackfella?
5. Blackfella. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people we often use ‘Blackfella’ amongst themselves, but one should be very careful using the term as a whitefella, as some people might take offence.