List of Noongar sites in the City of Melville information
Point Walter from Claremont
The City of Melville local government area lies within the traditional lands of the Beeliar people,[1] a subgroup of the Whadjuk dialectical group of the Noongar Indigenous Australians.
These are several significant Noongar sites within the City of Melville.[2][3]
Noongar name
European name
Notes
Willagee
Source of red ochre.
Marradungup
Atwell Gallery site
Meeting place and camping ground, including for local and visiting groups.
Jenalup
Blackwall Reach
Very sacred, with strong ties to the Dreamtime stories of all Western Australian Aboriginal people
Niergarup
Preston Point
Important place of ceremony and camping for local Noongar people.
Yagan Mia
Wireless Hill
Also known as Yagan's Lookout.
Bateman
The site of a large dispute with early settlers, in which many Noongar peopled died trying to protect their land.
Melville Wetlands
Water is essential, and all water bodies have spiritual qualities for the Indigenous people.
Booragoon Lake
Permanent camping ground for fishing and gathering.
Murdoch University site, including North Lake
A burial site.
Piney Lakes Reserve
Sacred place for women. Also used for young boys' level one initiation.[4]
Goolugatup
Point Heathcote
Permanent lookout, fishing and camping ground. Also used for level two initiation ceremonies.
Dyoondalup
Burke Drive
A source for quartz for axes and spearheads. Also used for men's business and level three initiation.
Dyoondalup
Point Walter
The sand bar was used as a river crossing.
Quaada Gabee
Bicton foreshore
Contained freshwater springs.
Moondaap
Point Dundas
Margamangup
Lucky Bay foreshore (Attadale)
Kooyagoordup
Waylen Bay foreshore
Doontanboro
Melville Water
Wagoorjup
Canning Bridge
Gabbi Kowangulup
Canning River mouth
Booragoon
Canning River, lower reaches[5]
Gabbiljee
Bull Creek
The wetlands provide more foods than the surrounding drier areas.
Two Caves
Believed to be the final resting place of the Waarkarl or Rainbow Serpent.
^"Aboriginal History in the City of Melville". City of Melville. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^"Sites of Cultural Significance". City of Melville. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^Whadjuk Boodja : Aboriginal Land, City of Melville, 2016
^"Bidi Katitjiny Aboriginal Women's Trail". City of Melville. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
^"Perth suburb names". Landgate. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
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