Language
Inscribed on the plots of Waraburra Nura are words from some of the languages spoken in Wa’ran, including Darug and Gadigal.
Written by artist Nicole Monks with the support of the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council, they give insight into some of the plants’ traditional uses and the animals that thrive around them, and encourage visitors to gain greater knowledge of the natural environment, its elements and the Country the garden stands on, Gadi Nura.
badala ngununy dji
–eat food, tea
burudyara
–butterfly
dawarang
–shield
djirang
–leaves of trees
ganala duga
–smell the forest or thick wood about a watercourse
gilbanung
–grasshopper
guganagina
–kookaburra
guwing gura
–sun wind
ngalga
–look
ngalgala gunggung
–look at the frog
mumarri mumarra
–fruit
ngarala duba
–listen, hear or think of the ground
ngarala gura
–listen, hear or think of the wind
ngurra marrayagong
–bird’s nest spider
wuruna
–go outside
yanga wadi
–do or make wood
waraburra nura
–happy wanderer’s place
nura
–place or Country
yarra
–gum-tree
yuridyuwa
–sit near