Dhagu is a question meaning ‘where-to’, -ndhu is a short form pronoun meaning ‘you’ and yana-nha means ‘going-now’, together: Dhagu-ndhu yana-nha? Where are you going? The map below is just an attempt at placing some names on a map – it should not be taken as gospel and ‘the truth’. It is just one attempt at putting place names back on the map around Temora in Wiradyuri Country.
This map uses archival sources as the primary means to produce names. Where multiple names in archival research exists for a location, all names are provided. I do my best to utilize current orthography to render them and utilize the dictionary and my language knowledge to suggest which one comes ‘closest’ in correlating names to places. I do not make any claims to the truth of the names – it is a long process.
All names will have their sources provided where possible.
If you find a placename above in this resource that isn’t right. Let me know on the contact form, you will hear from me, and I will let you know how I intend to make things right. I won’t always get things correct here, or in life… but I do promise I will make things right when I don’t. I will be slow as this is a labor of love. I hope these resources support your language learning journey.
Note: this is a Wiradyuri Language map, not Gamilaraay.
– Chris
