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Place names chart
A chart of place names for the Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney section, including current place names, references and historical names and descriptions.
| Present name | Aboriginal name | Reference | Historical name/description |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Head (outer) | Boree | 'Sydney Cove' 1878c | North Head |
| North Head (inner) | Garungal, Car-rang-gel | Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792 | North Head |
| Spring Cove or Little Manly Cove or Manly Cove | Kayoo-may | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Collins Cove |
| Manly Cove or North Harbour | Kay-ye-my, Kay-yee-my | Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793 | Manly Bay |
| North Harbour | Kunn-ná, Kunná, Cannae | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848, 'Sydney Cove' 1878a | North Harbour, Manly Beach |
| Balgowlah | Jilling | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Fincham's, North Harbour or Balgowlah Township |
| Middle Harbour | Warrin gà, Warringá | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Middle Harbour |
| The Spit or Middle Harbour | Burra-brú, Burrabru | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | The Spit, Middle Harbour |
| Parriwi Head or The Spit | Parriwi | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Point East of Spit |
| Fig Tree Point (Long Bay, Middle Harbour or Sommerville Point, Balmain) | Cooroowal | Thornton 1899 | Fig Tree Point |
| Middle Head | Kuba Kaba, Caba-caba, Ca-ba Ca-ba | Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1798 | Middle Head |
| Chowder Bay | Koreé, Koree | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Chowder Bay, Chowder |
| Chowder Head or possibly North Head (inner) | Gurugal, Gurrugal | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | West Head |
| Probably between Bradleys Head and Middle Head | Taliangy, Tal-le-ongi-i | Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792 | [illegible] water, Bradley Point |
| Bradleys Head | Booragy, Búrroggy, Burròggy or Broggy | Dawes 1790-1791, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Bradley's Point, Bradley's Head |
| Mosman Bay | Goram bullagong, Gorambùllagong | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Sirius Cove / Mossman's Whaling Establishment |
| Robertsons Point | Wulworrá-jeung | Larmer 1832 | Robertson's Point |
| Kurraba Point | Kurrá bá, Kurrábá | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Point West of Robertson's Point |
| Kurraba Point western side | Wurru-birri | Larmer 1832 | McLarens Store |
| Careening Cove | Wéyé Wéyé, Weeawya | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Careening Cove Head, Careening Cove |
| Wudyong Point | Wudyong | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Point east of Milsons |
| Kirribilli-Milsons Point | Kiarabilli, Kiarabily | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Milson's Point |
| Lavender Bay | Quibéreé, Quiberee | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Hulk Bay |
| Blues Point | Warung áréá, Warrungarea | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Billy Blues Point |
| Lane Cove River | Turranburra | Thornton 1899 | Lane Cove River |
| Hunters Hill-Woolwich peninsula | MocoBoula | Joules Joubert 1860 | Peninsula beginning at the mouth of the Lane Cove River |
| Charity Point, Meadowbank | Mar-ray-mah | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Dinner Point |
| Parramatta | Paramatín, Parramatta, Par-ra-mat-ta | Dawes 1790-1791, Phillip 1790, Hunter 1793, Tench 1793, Collins 1798 | Parramatta, Rose Hill |
| Toongabbie | Toon-gab-be | Phillip 1792 | 3 miles westward of Parramatta |
| To the west of Parramatta |
Wau-maille / War-mul Malgray-matta / Mal-gra-mattar Era-worong / A-rar-woo-rung Carra-matta / Car-rar-mattar Boolbane-matta / Bul-barn-mattar Carro-wotong / Kar-rar-wo-tong |
Anon ca 1790-1792 | To the westward from Rose Hill, 10 minutes walk To the westward from Rose Hill, 19 minutes walk To the westward from Rose Hill, 7 minutes walk To the westward from Rose Hill, 18 minutes walk To the westward from Rose Hill, 5 minutes walk To the westward from Rose Hill, 29 minutes walk |
| Prospect | Mar-rong / Mararong | Anon ca 1790-1792 | To the westward from Rose Hill 17 minutes walk to Mararong Prospect Hill |
| Homebush Bay island on western side near mouth | Arrowanelly | Anon ca 1790-1792 | The island of the flats |
| Breakfast Point or Mortlake (or possibly Greenwich Point) | Booridiow-o-gule | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Breakfast Point |
| Spectacle Island | Gong-ul | Anon ca 1790-1792 | 8th or Spectacle Island |
| Snapper Island | Ar-ra-re-agon | Anon ca 1790-1792 | 7th Island |
| Iron Cove? | Go-mo-ra | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Long Cove |
| Cockatoo Island | Wa-rea-mah | Anon ca 1790-1792 | 6th or Cockatoo Island |
| Yurulbin | Yerroulbin, Yerroulbine | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Long Nose Point |
| Goat Island | Me-mil, Memill, Me-mel, Milmil | Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793, Collins 1798, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | 5th island, Memilla (at Memill), Goat Island |
| Darling Harbour | Tumbulong, and Go-mo-ra? | Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Darling Harbour, Long Cove |
| Millers Point | Coodye | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Jack the Millers Point |
| Dawes Point | Tar-ra, Tarra, Tárrá | Anon ca 1790-1792, Meehan 1807, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | West point of Sydney Cove, Slaughter House Point |
| Campbells Cove? | Melia-Wool | Anon ca 1790-1792 | A small cove within [Sydney Cove] |
| The Rocks west side of Sydney Cove | Talla-wo-la-dah | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Where the hospital stands |
| Sydney Cove | War-ran, Weé-rong, Warrane, Warrang | Anon ca 1790-1792, Tench 1793, King in Hunter 1793, Meehan 1807 | Sydney Cove, Sydney |
| Bennelong Point | Tu-bow-gule, Tubow-gule, Too-bow-gu-liè, Tobegully, Jubughalee, Jubùghallee | Anon ca 1790-1792, Phillip in Hunter 1793, Collins 1798, Meehan 1807, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Sydney Cove east point, the eastern point of the cove, Bennelong Point |
| Farm Cove | Woggan-ma-gule, Woccanmagully | Anon ca 1790-1792, Meehan 1807 | Farm Cove |
| Farm Cove beach | Cookaroo | Thornton 1899 | Farm Cove Beach |
| Mrs Macquaries Point | Yu-ron, Yurong, Yourong, | Anon ca 1790-92, Meehan 1807, Mitchell ca 1848, Larmer 1832 | East bank of Farm Cove, Mrs Macquarie's Point |
| Fort Denison or Pinchgut Island | Mat-te-wan-ye | Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1802 | 4th or Rock Island, the small island which is situated in the middle of the harbour |
| Woolloomooloo Bay | Walla-mool, Wallamoula, Wooloomooloo | Anon ca 1790-1792, Peron 1809, Lycett 1824-1825 | Cove next to Farm Cove |
| Garden Island | Ba-ing-hoe | Anon ca 1790-1792 | 3rd or Garden Island |
| Potts Point | Derawun | Anon ca 1790-1792 | East point of [cove next to Farm Cove] |
| Elizabeth Bay | Carraginn | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Next cove [meaning cove next to Woolloomooloo Bay] |
| Elizabeth Point | Jerrowan, Jèrrowan | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Elizabeth Point |
| Macleay Point | Yarrandab, Yarrandabby | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Mr McLeay's Point |
| Rushcutters Bay | Kogerah | Huntington 1873 | Rushcutter Bay |
| Darling Point | Yaranabe | 'Sydney Cove' 1878a | Darling Point |
| Clark Island | Be-lang-le-wool, Billong-ololah, Billòng-olòla | Anon ca1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | 2nd island [meaning, as coming up the harbour), Clark Island [sic] |
| Near Watsons Bay on South Head or Point Piper | Woo-la-ra, Willárrá, Wallàra | Southwell 1788a, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | The Look-Out, Point Piper |
| Shark Island | Bo-a-millie, Boambilly, Boam bill ...[word incomplete document damaged] | Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | 1st island coming up the harbour, Shark Island |
| Rose Bay | Pannerong, Pan-ner-rong, Ginnagullah | Anon ca 1790-1792, Collins 1798, Huntington 1873 | Rose Bay |
| Steele Point (Shark Point) | Burrowwo, Burrowway | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Rocky Point south of Vaucluse |
| Vaucluse Point (Bottle and Glass Point) | Móring, Moring | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Vaucluse Point |
| Watsons Bay [Kutti Beach] | Kutti | Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | Siddons & Watson's Residences |
| Laings Point, or Watsons Bay | Mit-ta-la, Metallar, Ku-bung hárrá, Kubungarra | Southwell 1788, Anon ca 1790-1792, Larmer 1832, Mitchell ca 1848 | The Green Point west of Camp Cove, Lang's Point; Laings Point |
| Sow and Pigs Reef | Ba-rab-ba-ra, Bir-ra-bir-ra, Birrur bi...[word incomplete document damaged], Birrur Birah | Southwell 1788a, Anon ca 1790-1792, Mitchell ca 1848, Larmer 1832 | The Mid-Rock, The rock in the Channel, Sow and Pigs |
| South Head [inner] | Burra.wa-ra, Bara woory ? [writing unclear], Barraory | Southwell 1788a, Dawes 1790-1791, Anon ca 1790-1792 | Inner South Head, South Head |
| South Head [outer] | Tar-ral-be | Anon ca 1790-1792 | South Head |
| Murriverie Pass | Marevera | West 1882 | Between Ben Buckley and Bondi |
| Ben Buckler | Benbuckalong | West 1882 | Ben Buckley |
| Bondi | Boondi | Thornton 1896 in Organ 1990 | Bondi |
| Tamarama | Cramaramma | West 1882 | The bay known as Nelson's |
| Gordons Bay or Coogee | Kudgee, Coojee, Kooja, Coogee, Koojah | Miles 1854, 'Sydney Cove' 1878b, West 1882, Thornton 1896 | A small bay between the large bays of Port Jackson and Botany Bay, Coogee, The bay north of the bay now known as Coogee |
| Coogee | Bobroi | West 1882 | The bay where the two hotels are |
| Maroubra | Mooroobra | 'Sydney Cove' 1878b | Mooroobra |
| Long Bay | Boora | West 1882 | Between Maroubra and Little Bay |
| Botany Bay, north head | Bunnabi, Bunnabri | Thornton 1892, Thornton 1899 | North Head Botany |
| Yarra Bay | Yarra | West 1882 | Yarra Bay |
| Botany Bay | Ka-may | Anon ca 1790-1792 | Botany Bay |
| Bonna Point or Kurnell/Quibray Bay | Bunna Bunna | Thornton 1899 | Bonna Point, Botany Bay |
| Kurnell | Kundul | Thornton 1892 | South head of Botany Bay |
| Cronulla to Kurnell | Goonamarra | Thornton 1896 in Organ 1990 | Beach and sand hills about Port Hacking |
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