History of Suburbs

Aboriginal Words
  Suburb Description
  Awaba Awaba = flat or plain surface
  Balcolyn Yarrawonga Park = bird's nest, Wonga pigeon, stoney mountain, waterfall, windstorm.
  Blackalls Park Kurra Kurran = men turned into stone
  Boolaroo 'place of many flies'
  Booragul 'summer' or 'warm place'
  Cooranbong Kour-an-bong "rocky bottom creek or water over rocks"
  Cooranbong Kour-an-bong "rocky bottom creek or water over rocks"
  Dora Creek Doree Doree "a creek running into the lake"
  Dora Creek Doree Doree "a creek running into the lake"
  Eleebana quiet, peaceful place; or sweet, fragrant; or beauty.
  Jewells Ngorrion-ba or ngorowimba =' where the emu breeds'
  Kahibah Ky-yee-bah=' either a place for games or to be active and eager' Originally used to refer to the area now called Pelican Flat
  Kahibah Pillapay-Kullaitaran= Glenrock Lagoon area
  Kotara South Kotara =' Waddy or club'
  Marmong Point ='low water or swampy water'
  Mirrabooka ="Southern Cross", or possibly, "dog died here"
  Pelican Flat Ky-yee-bah='meaning place for games'
  Pulbah Island ='island'
  Redhead Kinti Irrabin
  Speers Point Biddaba
  Speers Point Milloba
  Swansea Galgabba
  Teralba 'Tir-reel-ba' = place of ticks
  Teralba 'Tool-kar-bar' =a soft ti-tree place
  Toronto Derah-bambah=rising ground (Toronto foreshore)
  Toronto Pondee=overlooking view (Toronto)
  Toronto Toompoah=place of clay (Toronto West)
  Warners Bay Biddaba = silent resting place