GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE NAMES Jandaygam, …

1 GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE NAMESG umbaynggirr Aboriginal NAMES for animals, plants and places.(There are many other animals, plants and places known to the GUMBAYNGGIRR people: these are just a few.)1. ANIMALSC ommon name GUMBAYNGGIRR name Common name GUMBAYNGGIRR namebandi-bandibearded dragonbirdbird, any largeblack cockatoo, glossyblack cockatoo, yellow-tailedblackfishblue-faced honeyeaterblue-tongue lizardboobook owl (mopoke)breambrown cuckoo dovebrush turkeybrushtail possumbutcher birdbutterfly or mothcarpet pythoncockatoo, sulphur-crestedcocklecrabcrimson rosellacrowcunjevoi (sea squirt)

2 Currawongdeath adderdingodolphinduckeagleechidna, porcupineeelfeathertail gliderflatheadfrog fruit batfruit dovegreen tree snakekangarookangaroo joeyking parrotkoalakookaburralace monitorlobsterlong-nosed bandicootlyrebirdmagpiemulletmusselnativ e beeoctopusoysterpademelonpelicanperiwink lepied cormorantpipiplatypuspotarooprawnquoll, eastern (native cat)red-browed finchregent bowerbirdring-tailed possumsatin bowerbirdsea eagleseagullsharkshellfishsnailsnakestin graystraw-necked ibissugar gliderswantadpoletawny frogmouthtiger snaketurtle, freshwaterturtle, saltwaterwallaby, red-neckedwallaby, swampwallaroowater dragonwhalewhite-faced heronwhitingwillie wagtailwitchetty grub, ediblewonga pigeonworm, conchyellow robinSource: Morelli, Steve.

3 GUMBAYNGGIRR Bijaarr jandaygam , Ngaawa GugaarrigamGumbaynggirr Dictionary and Learner s Aboriginal LANGUAGE & Cultural Co-operative, 2008, Nambucca Heads, kind permission of the , juundanygalulamgugumbalmadaanPage 1 Discovery for schools program, North Coast, DECCW 2010/1562. PLANTSC ommon name GUMBAYNGGIRR name Aboriginal usebangalow palmbanksiabeard heathblack apple treeblack bean treeblady grassbloodwood, pinkbloodwood, redbracken fernbramble (native blackberry)bulrushcabbage palmcunjevoi plantflame treegrass-tree; grass-tree sticklilly-pillylong yammoreton bay figpigfaceplum pinereedrushsandpaper figsilky oaksmart base of the leaf was made into a water carrier.

4 The growing tip and the pith inside the trunk could be for nectar and firewood, especially the seed cones which could be carried as glowing coals to a new fresh, lemony tasting white or red berries were juicy ripe fruit (wiigul) of this rainforest tree was large seeds, though poisonous, were eaten after careful leaching and leaves were used to weave dillies and thatch trees produce sticky sap which was used medicinally as an anti-bacterial and anti-fungal juice was used medicinally for stings. A rainforest bramble with delicious but very seedy roots, shoots and pollen are edible, while the root fibre can be made into string and the leaf fibre used in leaf fibre is used for weaving.

5 Both the growing tip (the cabbage ) and the pith inside the trunk were roots were treated to remove toxins to make them edible and leaves treated to make a medicinal bark was used to make fibre and the roots gave clean water. The seeds and roots were edible when were made from the flower spike, glue from the trunk resin, nectar from the flowers and fibre from the purple fruit was long tubers are starchy and eaten raw or sap was used medicinally and the sweet figs eaten. The inner bark was used to make purple fruits were eaten and the leaf juice used for bites, burns and fruit was fibre was used for weaving bags and the stem for neck-laces and leaves were used for weaving and some, like mat-rush have edible leaf fruit (gaaguny) was eaten, the leaves used as sand-paper, the milky sap for treating ringworm, and the wood for making nectar was used to sweeten pounded plant material was thrown into a pool to stupefy fish, which could then be easily caught.

6 It also had medicinal 2 GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE NamesDiscovery for schools program, North Coast, DECCW 2010/156vinewaterlilywaterweedwattle, greenwild grape vinewild raspberryjugiilgundarangnulunjaaninggagi irrgurrbagulamCommon name GUMBAYNGGIRR name Aboriginal useMany vines were useful, for example, native asparagus, whose very slender shoots emerging from the ground were eaten, native sarsaparilla, whose sweet leaves were chewed, and wombat berry which has edible berries and roots (dugay), stems and seeds of the blue-flowered waterlily were swollen tubers of water-ribbon were baked and sweet gum (jaaning) which seeps from the trunk was of these climbers were made into loops for climbing trees.

7 The vine contains water and the fruit is berries were eaten and the rest of theplant used medicinally for stomach PLACE NAMESE uropean name GUMBAYNGGIRR name Associated meaning if knownArrawarraBellingen regionBellinger RiverBellwood- Nambucca areaBonvilleBostobrickBowravilleBuccarum biChandlers CreekClarence PeakClouds CreekCoffs CreekCoffs HarbourCopmanhurstCorambaCoutts CrossingDalmortonDeep CreekDorrigoDoughboyEmerald BeachGlen Innes areaGlen RockGlenmoreYa WaarraBalijinBindarray YurruunNgambaa Baga-BagaBaamgalDandarrbiinBawrrung, BawarrungBugurrangDungguunyJuguubayungBa algu-BaalguBuluunggalGarlambirlaBujimbay Garlaamga, GarlambilumDaam MiirlarlNgandaamMiilbaDandarrgaBirunGana ygal, GanarrginBarrigirrbayGadaygaJulugan Biinhere: waitquoll, native catriver, longknee of giant Ngambaa man who formed parts of the Nambucca areaclearingmany stringy barkscabbage palmdeepRed-bellied Blacksnake Special Placeto marry, to marrymulletriver oakriver oakYam Special Placeblackbuttstringy bark tree (eucalypt)swift (bird)Yam-stick Special Placeplain with many rocks.

8 Place where Birrugan killed some emus and their feathers turned into tree (lather of bark used to stupefy fish)many stumpsPage 3 GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE NamesDiscovery for schools program, North Coast, DECCW 2010/156 GlenreaghGlun Ugie PeakGraftonGummaGuyraHalfway CreekJackadgeryKangaroo RiverMacauleys HeadlandMacksvilleMaclean areaMarys WaterholeMcGraths CreekMoonee Moonee Mt CunglebungMt GeorgeMuttonbird IslandNambucca HeadsNewry IslandNth Solitary IslandNymboidaPoint LookoutSherwoodSkinners SwampSmoky CapeSth Solitary IslandStockyard CreekStuart IslandTaylors ArmTuckers IslandTullymorganTyndaleUlmarraUrungaWar rell CreekWirrimbiWoolgoolgaYambaYarrahapinni

9 MtnYarrawarraJungguuyGunayjinJadalmanyGa mangGayaarrBaanyJaganyjiDawaalamGumgaliy aGamangBirriinMiimiga Gawngganba MiirlarlJaalarrganMunim-MunimGuunyjulban gMunyujunGiidany MiirlarlNyambagaBarlalimbaNgarundaNyiimb uyMarlawgay MiirlarlNilgaNyanuumguJumbulbu, Guuwa , Gilayjal MiirlarlWiraalWirriimbiWiigulgaYambaaYar riabiniYa Waarrafine-leafed wattle brush box treered ochresulphur-crested cockatoobeetlestand, stand upcurrawonggiant goanna which formed this headlandred ochrebread ?recent - given bread there?Mother Gawngganba Special Placefemale black lizardrocky; boulders there were made into axe headsbig valleyfleaMoon special placesee Bellwood referencedialect of Gumbaynggir spoken in this areaLightning Sacred Placeswampjuum = smoke, Special Place for Fogbunyun = red-browed finchdingoploverarmMindi (hero ancestor) Special Placerat kangaroo countrylong island spit?

10 , High-tide Sacred Placeblack ducklong hairblack apple treebayassociated with the koala here: waitEuropean name GUMBAYNGGIRR name Associated meaning if knownPage 4 GUMBAYNGGIRR LANGUAGE NamesDiscovery for schools program, North Coast, DECCW 2010/156