Gazetteer of Historical Australian Places
SORT: Placename | State | LGA | Feature_term | Latitude | Longitude | Start Date | End Date |
This map aims only to show the most commonly accepted Indigenous names of cities. There may be many Indigenous names for a place depending on context, place and/or landmark within a city. Some names may be contested by different Indigenous groups. We have tried to provide links for more information about each name and the complexities related to each location.
Warrang has been documented as the Gadigal word for Sydney Harbour (Cove) though many people are now calling Sydney Gadigal. Sydney metropolitan area is comprised of about 29 clan groups. Most of these clans refer to themselves collectively as the Eora Nation. The Gadigal clan is a clan of the Eora Nation. Eora means ‘here’ or ‘from this place’. Local Aboriginal people used the word to describe to colonisers where they come from. Many Aboriginal people of the Greater Sydney region refer to themselves as Dharug.