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Brisbane suburb names with Aboriginal names show that some Australian Aboriginal languages are still preserved today, in the form of placenames. Similarly, F. J. Watson explains the meanings of Queensland suburb names. [1] The map demonstrates a non-exhaustive list of some of the names in the Brisbane area.
Aboriginal names of suburbs of Brisbane, derived from the Turrbal language. Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons: [citation needed] Historically, European explorers and surveyors may have asked local Aboriginal people the name of a place, and named it accordingly.
The Jagera Aboriginal people occupied most of the land south of the Brisbane River; Runcorn would have been in the territory of the Chepara clan of Eight Mile Plains, Queensland. [citation needed] Originally a part of Coopers Plains, the area was designated the Brisbane Agricultural Reserve (later the Eight Mile Plains Agricultural Reserve ...
The suburb name was officially recognised on 11 August 1975. [6] The name is derived from an Aboriginal word for lawyer cane. The word Taghum was used as alternative to cabbage in Cabbage Tree Creek. [6] Zillmere North State School opened on 29 January 1957 on a 12-hectare (30-acre) site. In 1993, it was renamed Taigum State School. [7] [8]
Prior to European occupation beginning in the early 19th century the area covered by the suburb was inhabited by Aboriginal people. The Coorparoo sub-group of the wider Jagera group occupied land south of the Brisbane River clustered around Oxley, Norman and Bulimba creeks. [6] It is also possible that the Yerongpan sub-group lived in the area. [7]
Nundah (previously called German Station) is an inner suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [4] It contains the neighbourhood of Toombul.In the 2021 census, Nundah had a population of 13,098 people.
Coorparoo was chosen as the name of the suburb at a public meeting on 22 March 1875, before which it was known as Four Mile Camp. [6] [7] The name Coorparoo is likely derived from an Aboriginal name for Norman Creek, probably recorded by early surveyors as Koolpuroom. [8]
The Kedron Brook bikeway follows the brook on the suburb's north-east boundary with two bridges over the creek to Shaw Park in Wavell Heights) and to Toombul Terrace in Nundah There is a third bridge over the creek ( 27°24′16″S 153°03′03″E / 27.4045°S 153.0508°E / -27.4045; 153.0508 ( Foot bridge to Carew & New ...