Wodiwodi
The Wodiwodi or Wodi Wodi, also pronounced Whardi Whardi (according to an interview with Joan Mc Grady- nee Kearney in the early 1990s), are a sub-group of the Dharawal people, an Indigenous Australian people of the east coast of the continent.[1]
Language
The
Wodiwodi language, considered to be a dialect of Dharawal, was partially described by William Ridley in 1875,[2] who obtained his information from John Malone who had obtained information from his wife, Lizzie Malone, whose mother was a Shoalhaven Indigenous person.[3]
Country
The Wodiwodi are estimated, by
Illawarra Escarpment into the Illawarra.[6]
Mythology
The Wodiwodi word for the creator figure called Baiame by contiguous tribes, was Mirrirul, from the word mirīr, meaning "sky."[7][8]
Alternative spellings and names
- Wodi Wodi
- Woddi Woddi
- Whardi Whardi
- Illawarra (a regional name)[4]
Some words
Landscape features
Notes
Citations
- ^ "Kiama Library".
- ^ Ridley 1875, pp. 111–114.
- ^ a b Malone 1878, pp. 264–265.
- ^ a b Tindale 1974, p. 201.
- ^ Wollongong City Council.
- ^ VisitNSW.com.
- ^ Malone 1878, p. 263.
- ^ Ridley 1875, p. 111.
- ^ Ridley 1875, pp. 111–112.
Sources
- "Aboriginal Communities". Wollongong City Council. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
- Brown, M. A.; Brown, G. W. (21 September 1899). "Aboriginal words and meanings". Science of Man. 2 (4): 141–142.
- Malone, John (1878). JSTOR 2841001.
- Mathews, R. H. (1898). "Initiation ceremonies of Australian tribes.Appendix Nguttan initiation ceremony". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 37: 54–73.
- Organ, Michael K.; Speechley, Carol (1997). "Illawarra Aborigines - An Introductory History". In Hagan, J. S.; Wells, A. (eds.). A History of Wollongong. University of Wollongong Press. pp. 7–22.
- Ridley, William (1875). Kámilarói, and other Australian languages (PDF). Sydney: T. Richards, government printer.
- ISBN 978-0-708-10741-6.
- "Wodi Wodi Walking Track - Stanwell Park Attraction". VisitNSW.com. Retrieved 12 December 2017.