dhurga is the language traditionally spoken by the Yuin people – including local walbanja and brindja Yuin – from south of Nowra to Narooma and west to Braidwood.
With our front page photos of Eurobodalla Mayor Mathew Hatcher at Wagonga Inlet it seems right to name some of our common estuary animals.
- Black bream – wagal
- Bream – burumayal
- Crab – dhuril
- Crayfish – birruwa
- Curlew – gwiyirrwurrwurr
- Eel – barra
- Fish (generic) – marra
- Fish hawk – njirra
- Flathead – dhagala
- Jewfish – yirimbaagun
- Mullet – warigala
- Octopus – djungga
- Oyster – bidhanga
- Pelican – garungghuba
- Seagull – maaran
- Seal – yiragala
- Snapper – barraaran
- Stingray – baba
- Whiting – warrabugan
Eurobodalla Libraries and local bookshops have copies of The Dhurga Dictionary and Learner’s Grammar, authored by locals Trish Ellis, Kerry Boyenga and Waine Donovan.
- This story was first published in Council’s quarterly newsletter for residents, Living in Eurobodalla. A printed edition is delivered to the shire’s 26,000 households.
- Download a copy of Living in Eurobodalla: June – August 2023 (1.0 MB)
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