What does Balluk mean?
What does Balluk mean?
Some basic terms include; bulluk, balluk: swamp. Nira: cave. willam, wilam, Illam, yilam: hut, camp, bark. gunung, gunnung: river.
Is all of Melbourne Wurundjeri?
The Wurundjeri are an Aboriginal Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. The Wurundjeri are one of several sub-groups or clans of Woiwurrung people who traditionally occupied some of the territory now the site of the city of Melbourne.
What suburbs are on Wurundjeri land?
Before European settlement, the Aboriginal people of the Wurundjeri willum clan lived on the land that now forms the City of Whittlesea and the northern suburbs of Melbourne. They lived on the offshoots of the Yarra River – along the Merri, Edgars and Darebin Creeks – the Plenty River and the Maribyrnong River.
What does Wurundjeri-Willam mean?
white gum tree
The Wurundjeri-willam were the original occupants of what are now the northern suburbs of Melbourne. Their name comes from the Aboriginal word wurrun, Which means ‘white gum tree’. The Wurundjeri-willam was a clan consisting of a number of extended families.
Which Aboriginal land is Glen Waverley on?
Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung
Monash Council acknowledges that we are on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.
What is the Aboriginal name for Melbourne?
Naarm
The traditional Aboriginal name of Melbourne is Naarm and Naarm is the traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. The Kulin Nation is a collective of five Aboriginal nations: Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Wathaurrung, Daungwurrung and Dja DjaWrung.
What Aboriginal land is Wheelers Hill on?
Monash Council acknowledges that we are on the traditional land of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong people of the Kulin Nation.
Who are the traditional owners of wurundjeri?
The Wurundjeri-willam people of the Kulin Nation are the Traditional Owners of the land that is now known as the City of Yarra. Their relationship with the land extends back tens of thousands of years to when their creator spirit ‘Bunjil’ formed their people, the land and all living things.
Who are the traditional owners of Bundoora?
The City of Boroondara acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Owners and original custodians of this land.
What is the Creator Spirit of the Wurundjeri?
Bunjil the Eagle (or Eaglehawk) is the Wurundjeri people’s Creator Spirit who created the land, the waterways and the people. Bunjil travelled across a formless land marking sacred sites and defining cultural and spiritual law.
Who are the traditional owners of Mount Waverley?
Monash City Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong People as the Traditional Owners and custodians of this land and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.
What indigenous land is Ferntree Gully?
Wurundjeri people
Local Aboriginal History Ferntree Gully is the traditional land of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nations. Information about the local Aboriginal community can be found on the Knox City Council website.
Who are the Wurundjeri people?
Welcome to the land of the Wurundjeri people. The Wurundjeri People take their name from their Woiwurrung language word ‘wurun’ meaning the Manna Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) which is common along ‘Birrarung’ (Yarra River), and ‘djeri‘, the grub which is found in or near the tree.
What is the Wurundjeri tribe land compensation and Cultural Heritage Council?
In 1985, the Wurundjeri Tribe Land Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council was established to fulfil statutory roles under Commonwealth and Victorian legislation and to assist in raising awareness of Wurundjeri culture and history within the wider community.
What language did the Wurundjeri-willam speak?
The Wurundjeri-willam mainly spoke Woi wurrung language, but also spoke other languages of their nation. Each clan was governed by a Ngurungaeta [pronounced na-run-getta] or head-man. All clan members knew their land in great detail, including the best times to visit each area according to weather and availability of food.
Where did the Wurundjeri & Gunung Willam balug get their hatchet heads?
The Wurundjeri & Gunung Willam Balug Tribes mined diorite at Mount William stone axe quarry which was a source of the highly valued greenstone hatchet heads, which were traded across a wide area as far as New South Wales and Adelaide.
