They gave you balanda, a soup with just a few fishbones and some oats floating around. We drank from metal bowls.
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They gave us a ladle of balanda and a lump of bread. We could hardly work for the cold.
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When someone wanted to relieve themselves, they had to take their mittens off. By the time they undid their trousers, their hands were frozen. As soon as they pulled it out, it froze. Many people had their parts amputated. When I was in the camp, they asked me to hold out my frostbitten foot. And with pliers, they just took chunks out. However, the mainstream word 'goanna' is said to derive from the Spanish word 'iguana', where European settlers likened the reptile to the South American lizards.
In Aboriginal dreaming stories, the black cockatoo is said to represent spirit-strengthening, change and herald the coming of rain. The cockatoo has 44 different species, and over half exist in Australia.
There are many different names across Aboriginal languages: This would have been adopted during the spice trade and the Dutch's time in the Indonesian archipelago in the 17th Century. The Mirning, Kokata and Wirangu people have lived on the periphery of the vast Nullarbor Plain for thousands of years. While the area is dry and semi-arid, it's replete with hundreds of plant, mammal, bird and reptile species and has long facilitated hunting and cultural practices for First Peoples. He used the Latin words, 'nullus arbor' meaning "no trees", which reflected the flat, arid, limestone country that spread across South Australia and Western Australia.
The majestic stork found in waterways has long been a unique icon of the Top End. As such, the township located within Kakadu National Park bears its name. Aboriginal people make up near 25 per cent of its residents and have established a thriving arts and culture tourism industry.
Balanda to Sofero
The word "Balanda" was used by the Macassan traders, used to describe the Dutch by being an accented translation of "Hollander". The Macassan frequented the Top End years before Britain settled in the south, where some of their colloquialisms were adopted by Aboriginal people.
Significant in Aboriginal culture, Emus are not only hunted for food, but celebrated in culture, depicted in traditional dances and artwork. For a long time Europeans classified the flightless bird with its close relatives, the cassowary an adaptation from the Malay word, "kesuari" , and was first documented in the English language as the "New Holland Cassowary" in Arthur Phillip's journals.
There are two theories how "Emu" was adopted —both derive from South America. First , is from the Portuguese word "ema", meaning 'large bird'. Second, is the South American rhea , a large flightless bird that looks remarkably similar to the Australian emu. Australia's famous egg-laying mammal has various names; "bigibila" Gamilaraay , "wandayali" Wiradjuri , "yinarlingi" Warlpiri and "jana jana" Bundjalung. However, it gets its English name from a character in Greek mythology. She was a half-woman, half-snake who lived alone in a cave.
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As the spiney ant-eater had the qualities of both, mammals and reptiles, echidnas were named under rather These objects hold massive cultural significance, accompanying ceremonial dancing and singing, and being hand crafted and often decorated. However, over time some Aboriginal groups have somewhat reclaimed the word, making it synonymous within an Indigenous context. The semi-jovial term "Gammin" or "Gammon", widely used by Aboriginal people, means 'to pretend', 'be inauthentic' or used to describe something as pathetic.
Relating to pork gammon , it's suggested the term also influenced the synonymous phrases "pulling your leg" or "hamming it up".
Not a word, but an animal. In the same way that a dingo is a native Australian dog, many mistake the brumby as a native Australian horse. Largely influenced by Banjo Patterson's writing, many get the romanticised idea that 'wild brumbies' have always been a part of Australia's landscape. They are also celebrated in popular culture, as the mascots of our sporting teams , names of car models and depicted in books , films and television series.