Being a Queenslander I guess we come to accept and understand some of the following names, but to a international visitor they must scratch their heads and wonder where the name comes from
Goondiwindi
Thargomindah
Dirranbandi
Muckadilla
Mungalala
Urangandi
Doomagdee
& Maroochydore just to name a few in Queensland.
Now my guess is that they are all Aborginal names and no doubt have sensible meanings.
Ok, Folks, over to you, to top this.
Jay&Dee
Whenarewethere said
07:01 PM Aug 19, 2020
Some in NSW
Wards Mistake
Weabonga
Dunedoo (DUN-ee-doo)
Rooty Hill (Sydney suburb)
Missabotti
Mobi Condo said
09:51 PM Aug 19, 2020
Folks can not come to grips that we have been through Bogan Gate. and stayed O/N in Stockinbingal both NSW.
Cheers - Ian
Greg 1 said
10:32 PM Aug 19, 2020
Widgemooltha in WA. There was actually a boat called that as well. I am not sure whether the place was named after the boat or the other way round.
jade46 said
11:04 AM Aug 20, 2020
I always liked " Billinudgel" on the northern rivers NSW
Granty said
03:14 PM Aug 20, 2020
How about Korweinguboora in Vic. ( core - winge - E - bore - a )
-- Edited by dorian on Wednesday 26th of August 2020 10:26:12 AM
Thanks for that Dorian. I hadn't realised there were sooooooooooo many. Hope you don't mind, but I'm printing off the maps.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Bicyclecamper said
11:56 PM Aug 26, 2020
The Nut i, Tas.
Craig1 said
04:41 PM Aug 27, 2020
The Nut, comes from a failure to dynamite enough rock off one end to create a wharf. After they tried and failed a few times, one engineer said " She's a tough Nut to crack". Formal name is Circular Head as it is almost round looking at it from the sea side.
yobarr said
08:02 AM Sep 13, 2020
I once asked a chap where he lived,and he replied "Innaloo".Seems it is a Perth suburb.Cheers
iana said
08:21 AM Sep 13, 2020
I lived in the Perth suburb of "C0ckburn"
Dunmowin said
10:08 PM Sep 15, 2020
A story from my Brisbane Childhood
A traveler by the name of Pilly on the train from Beenleigh to South Brisbane, wanting to disembark at the station before Yeronga, fell asleep in his seat
The train passed though the suburbs of Salisbury, Nyanda, Rocklea, Moorooka, Yeronga and Fairfield
Pilly woke and realised he may have missed his station, so asked the ticket inspector if maybe he had. The ticket inspector told him Yeeronpilly!
Well, as a Brisbanite, that is the best I can remember of that story
Then, at school, we had to learn to sing the letters to INDOOROOPILLY
and of course there is our beloved WOOLLOONGABBA (the Gabba)
Warren-Pat_01 said
11:17 AM Sep 29, 2020
A bit late with this reply but Mudimuckla (Muddy to the locals) on the west coast of SA, 32 km east of Ceduna; now only the Uniting Church is still there & some farms.
A lot of towns on Eyre Peninsula have aboriginal names - it was always interesting to hear ABC reporters trying to pronounce Wudinna (Wood-inna). We heard Wuddinna, Wuddena!
Other sign posts further south pointed to places such as No-where Else!
erad said
05:56 PM Oct 1, 2020
Seldom Seen Creek, North from Buchan in Victoria.
Warren-Pat_01 said
07:44 AM Oct 2, 2020
Is it a seldom seen creek, erad?
erad said
11:16 AM Oct 5, 2020
Warren-Pat_01 wrote:
Is it a seldom seen creek, erad?
That is its official name and indeed the nuance of the name is highly appropriate.
Possum3 said
08:25 AM Oct 21, 2020
Goonoo Goonoo, NSW (Gunny-gan-ew).
Possum3 said
08:31 AM Oct 21, 2020
In Britain Cholmondeley (Chumley) is a favourite of mine - as I once owned Cholmondeley House in Sydney.
Mobi Condo said
09:24 PM Oct 23, 2020
Snow Flake Creek. Northern Territory. Named after a bullock with a white dot on the forehead. It was a meat supply animal taken on the exploring team by German explorer L Leichardt (sp?) and was slaughtered for meat on the bans of the creek now named after it.
hufnpuf said
09:31 PM Oct 23, 2020
I used to find Tootgarook amusing. Another one I liked was "Wire Fence". I'm not sure whether it is much of a place or there was anything there, but it had a telephone exchange.
petengail said
01:10 PM Dec 4, 2020
How about Yorkys Knob Queensland..... Always makes me wonder who Yorky was
hufnpuf said
01:58 PM Dec 4, 2020
petengail wrote:
How about Yorkys Knob Queensland..... Always makes me wonder who Yorky was
There used to be a radio DJ over here known as Yorkie, Lionel York. I suppose on the radio he'd have had a knob to play with....
Noel from perth said
08:29 PM Dec 4, 2020
An area/suburb east of Perth metro is Upper Swan. Where do you live ? Upper Swan.
hufnpuf said
08:41 PM Dec 4, 2020
Noel from perth wrote:
An area/suburb east of Perth metro is Upper Swan. Where do you live ? Upper Swan.
ITCHY- WALLA n.t
Being a Queenslander I guess we come to accept and understand some of the following names, but to a international visitor they must scratch their heads and wonder where the name comes from
Goondiwindi
Thargomindah
Dirranbandi
Muckadilla
Mungalala
Urangandi
Doomagdee
& Maroochydore just to name a few in Queensland.
Now my guess is that they are all Aborginal names and no doubt have sensible meanings.
Ok, Folks, over to you, to top this.
Jay&Dee
Some in NSW
Wards Mistake
Weabonga
Dunedoo (DUN-ee-doo)
Rooty Hill (Sydney suburb)
Missabotti
Cheers - Ian
Pronounced
Kool-yan-obb-ing
Aborigine name meaning place of big rocks
Manly sounds odd to some English speakers.
Some really good ones here:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3753951/Map-shows-Australia-s-funniest-rudest-quirkiest-place-names.html
-- Edited by dorian on Wednesday 26th of August 2020 10:26:12 AM
Fannie Bay.......... suburb .of Darwin...cheers Bilbo
Thanks for that Dorian. I hadn't realised there were sooooooooooo many. Hope you don't mind, but I'm printing off the maps.
Cheers,
Sheba.
I once asked a chap where he lived,and he replied "Innaloo".Seems it is a Perth suburb.Cheers
A story from my Brisbane Childhood
A traveler by the name of Pilly on the train from Beenleigh to South Brisbane, wanting to disembark at the station before Yeronga, fell asleep in his seat
The train passed though the suburbs of Salisbury, Nyanda, Rocklea, Moorooka, Yeronga and Fairfield
Pilly woke and realised he may have missed his station, so asked the ticket inspector if maybe he had. The ticket inspector told him Yeeronpilly!
Well, as a Brisbanite, that is the best I can remember of that story
Then, at school, we had to learn to sing the letters to INDOOROOPILLY
and of course there is our beloved WOOLLOONGABBA (the Gabba)
A lot of towns on Eyre Peninsula have aboriginal names - it was always interesting to hear ABC reporters trying to pronounce Wudinna (Wood-inna). We heard Wuddinna, Wuddena!
Other sign posts further south pointed to places such as No-where Else!
That is its official name and indeed the nuance of the name is highly appropriate.
There used to be a radio DJ over here known as Yorkie, Lionel York. I suppose on the radio he'd have had a knob to play with....
Where do you live? Innaloo.