The word "woomera" comes from the Dharug language of the Eora people of the Sydney basin. A woomera is a wooden Australian Aboriginal spear-throwing device.
spearlauncher or spear thrower. ie: the tool used to throw a spear.
The name Oodnadatta is derived from an Aboriginal word, Utnadata, which means 'blossom of the mulga'.
The name 'wombat' has no other meaning in the aboriginal dialect. It is derived from an Eora name for the animal.
It is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'shaggy beard'
The name "Illawarra" is believed to be a corruption of a local aboriginal word, alowrie, meaning "high pleasant place by the sea."
The name "Canberra" comes from an aboriginal word for "meeting place".
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.
The name is Dubbo. It derives from an Aboriginal word meaning Red Earth
Warragul, also spelt warrigal, is the aboriginal word for a wild dog, or the dingo.
"Gilgandra" is a Wiradjuri aboriginal word meaning "long water hole".