The Wodiwodi also pronounced Whardi Whardi (according to an interview with Joan Mc Grady- early 1990s) peoples are the
Indigenous Australian people
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples ...
of
New South Wales
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, a sub-group of the
Dharawal
The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, ...
nation.
Language
The
Wodiwodi language, considered a dialect of
Tharawal
The Dharawal people, also spelt Tharawal and other variants, are an Aboriginal Australian people, identified by the Dharawal language. Traditionally, they lived as hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans with ties of kinship, s ...
was briefly described by
William Ridley in 1875, who obtained this information, via her husband, from the wife of John Malone, Lizzie Malone, whose mother was a Shoalhaven Indigenous person.
Country
The Wodiwodi are estimated by
Norman Tindale
Norman Barnett Tindale AO (12 October 1900 – 19 November 1993) was an Australian anthropologist, archaeologist, entomologist and ethnologist.
Life
Tindale was born in Perth, Western Australia in 1900. His family moved to Tokyo and lived ther ...
to have had some of country in the area north of the
Shoalhaven River
The Shoalhaven River is a perennial river that rises from the Southern Tablelands and flows into an open mature wave dominated barrier estuary near Nowra on the South Coast of New South Wales, Australia.
Location and features
The Shoalha ...
and reaching to
Wollongong
Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near w ...
; their territory took in the
Illawarra
The Illawarra is a coastal region in the Australian state of New South Wales, nestled between the mountains and the sea. It is situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the South Coast region. It encompasses the two cities of Wollong ...
district, including
Lake Illawarra
Lake Illawarra ( Aboriginal Tharawal language: various adaptions of ''Elouera'', ''Eloura'', or ''Allowrie''; ''Illa'', ''Wurra'', or ''Warra'' meaning pleasant place near the sea, or, high place near the sea, or, white clay mountain), is an op ...
,
Berkeley and Hooka Creek. Their descendants are considered one of the custodians of the land in this area.
Mythology
The Wodiwodi word for the creator figure called
Baiame
In Australian Aboriginal mythology, Baiame (or Biame, Baayami, Baayama or Byamee) was the creator god and sky father in the Dreaming of several Aboriginal Australian peoples of south-eastern Australia, such as the Wonnarua, Kamilaroi, Guring ...
by contiguous tribes, was ''Mirrirul'', from the word ''mirīr'', meaning "sky."
Alternative spellings and names
* ''Woddi Woddi''
Whardi Whardi
* ''Illawarra'' (a regional name)
Some words
* ''būnbāri'' (boy)
* ''būrrū'' (kangaroo)
* ''jiruŋgaluŋ'' (white man)
* ''kudjaguz'' (child)
* ''mirriguŋ'' (dog)
Landscape features
The Wodi Wodi Walking Track,
Stanwell Park, New South Wales
Stanwell Park is a coastal village and northern suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. It is the northernmost point of the Illawarra coastal strip and lies south of Sydney's Royal National Park. It is situated in a small valley betw ...
is named after the Wodiwodi people.
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