This Place - the story behind Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander place names

Every place name holds a story.

'This Place' invites Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to create a short video about a place name, and the story behind it. Across Australia, places are known for their Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander names. But what do they mean? What's the story behind them? From the name of a town or suburb; to a street or bridge; a creek or a bend in the river; mountain; landmark; outcrop; tree – place names are a starting point for sharing Australia's ancient history and cultures. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following project may contain images and voices of people who have died.

Language
English
Studio
ABC Indigenous
Genres
Historical
Episodes
61
Views
401K

Episodes on YouTube

  1. Clip 1 · This Place: Boorroorloorloo
  2. Clip 2 · This Place: Thaaklatjika Mingkana
  3. Clip 3 · This Place: Terry Hie Hie, a place of refuge for the Goombri people
  4. Clip 4 · The story of the Birrarung, the Yarra River
  5. Clip 5 · Boonoo Moodla, lagoon nose, home of Barngarla fish traps
  6. Clip 6 · Connecting youth to country is helping this grandfather and daughter revive their culture
  7. Clip 7 · This Place: The Koala Brothers and Mount Yarriabini
  8. Clip 8 · This Place: Cultural burns on the Biyan Biyan Plain
  9. Clip 9 · An ancient shell midden is helping this grandmother and grandson revitalize their culture
  10. Clip 10 · Stories of Gurlbin-wula Where Red Earth Meets Turquoise Waters
  11. Clip 11 · Parlapuni, Tuesday Lockyer’s most peaceful place
  12. Clip 12 · In Larrakia country, Darwin’s Mindil beach, the name Mindil, means “shoulder” of an ancestor.
  13. Clip 13 · Heaven on earth, where the Biliar people go to speak with their creator and ancestors
  14. Clip 14 · Walking in the footsteps of the Ancestors at Turikina Truwala
  15. Clip 15 · Djimubarn, Sacred rock art shelter
  16. Clip 16 · Peter Salmon on Thiinma Country
  17. Clip 17 · Marrambidya Bila
  18. Clip 18 · Gununa, Mornington Island
  19. Clip 19 · The gathering place of Little Wave Rock
  20. Clip 20 · Passing on knowledge at Mummaga Lake
  21. Clip 21 · Bobbinawarra the inland Pelican
  22. Clip 22 · Hunting for goannas in the Western Desert of WA
  23. Clip 23 · Wiradjuri: Why we see shooting stars
  24. Clip 24 · Gujiragun
  25. Clip 25 · Looking out from Kaart Gennunginyup Bo
  26. Clip 26 · How Looern and the Swan Sisters gave us granite
  27. Clip 27 · Nari Nari burial grounds
  28. Clip 28 · Boat Rock
  29. Clip 29 · Binalup: Morning Light
  30. Clip 30 · Leanganook: His teeth
  31. Clip 31 · How the black swan gave Maroochydore its name
  32. Clip 32 · Mutawintji: Place of green grass and water holes
  33. Clip 33 · The significance of the waterways to Wangal people
  34. Clip 34 · A healing place at the water
  35. Clip 35 · The Woggaal Maadjit’s Eggs
  36. Clip 36 · Birian Balunah: Birthing of the Rivers
  37. Clip 37 · Nguthungulli, the Creator rests in the ocean
  38. Clip 38 · Mugincoble: An ancient gathering place
  39. Clip 39 · Burringurrah, the runaway boy
  40. Clip 40 · Bulgandry Aboriginal Art Site
  41. Clip 41 · Making ochre at luyni mungalina
  42. Clip 42 · Gummingurru: Men of the river
  43. Clip 43 · The goanna spirit on Anderson Sugarloaf Mountain
  44. Clip 44 · The journey of the Bogong moths
  45. Clip 45 · Bung Yarnda: Camping Waters
  46. Clip 46 · If someone got lost on Country you could use language to find them, Country talks back
  47. Clip 47 · Traditionally a meeting place, Walga holds a gallery of Aboriginal rock painting
  48. Clip 48 · The Yiwarra of the Ancestors that take you down to the Patapuka
  49. Clip 49 · The name that's worth the fight, for the old people and the young ones too
  50. Clip 50 · Kirrit Barrett
  51. Clip 51 · Your guide to Gathang
  52. Clip 52 · Word Up: the places that name us
  53. Clip 53 · You learn the name, you learn the Country, and respect its history
  54. Clip 54 · Dungang/Bila to the Garuwa
  55. Clip 55 · Kalkajaka, the mysterious Black Mountain
  56. Clip 56 · Boonoo Boonoo looks beautiful, but its name reveals what's missing
  57. Clip 57 · Barrulin, the big stones of Bundaberg
  58. Clip 58 · Places of Wadawurrung dreaming
  59. Clip 59 · Looking for food at Kuarka-dorla
  60. Clip 60 · There are four A’s in Ballaarat
  61. Clip 61 · The longest river in Tasmania has 3 Aboriginal place names