Wagga Wagga is a town in NSW, now famous for it being a military training base.
The original word Wagga means a blanket or quilt. Quilts were always called Waggas when I was a child (I am in my mid sixties). Mothers made them by stitching together old pieces of clothing and then stuffing them with cut up old clothing as they stitched them all together. They were very warm and very versatile and though heavy when laundered, were very washable. OUr family always had one on our beds.
It is obviously an old Aboriginal word, and whilst I have tried, I cannot find the original meaning. I would hazard a guess that it referred to the cloaks (blankets), that the Aboriginal women used to make by curing the skins of pussums and stitching them together. This may well have been the original meaning. They used them as blankets for themselves and their children, as we would, but they also tied them onto their bodies in really cold weather. There are still some in existence in museums and they a beautiful, with the lovely rich brownish/greyish coloured fur looking marvellous. They were also very warm.
Wagga is one of the names of the Ancient Continent Of Lemuria, which was in the south Pacific area- it was also called Pan- and Mu. The Uighur Empire of Mu covered much of Asia. Not the same as Atlantis...
Wagga Wagga is a town in NSW, now famous for it being a military training base. How Wagga Wagga came by its name, I do not know.
The original word Wagga means a blanket or quilt. Quilts were always called Waggas when I was a child (I am in my mid sixties). Mothers made them by stitching together old pieces of clothing and then stuffing them with cut up old clothing as they stitched them all together. They were very warm and very versatile and though heavy when laundered, were very washable. OUr family always had one on our beds.
It is obviously an old Aboriginal word, and whilst I have tried, I cannot find the original meaning. I would hazard a guess that it referred to the cloaks (blankets), that the Aboriginal women used to make by curing the skins of pussums and stitching them together. This may well have been the original meaning. They used them as blankets for themselves and their children, as we would, but they also tied them onto their bodies in really cold weather. There are still some in existence in museums and they a beautiful, with the lovely rich brownish/greyish coloured fur looking marvellous. They were also very warm.
As a ten year old child, (way back in ancient history), I remember reading in "The Argus Students' Practical Notebook" that Wagga meant Crow and Wagga Wagga meant place of many crows.
Another Aboriginal name place I can remember from all those years ago was Korumburra which meant big blowfly. My mother used to buy Korumburra butter which I refused to eat after finding out the meaning of the name.
Thanks for that. I couldn't find that meaning anywhere, but it makes sense doesn't it?
I love some of the place names and they often are about animals or land use. Love Korumburra silvergenie!! Perhaps the only better one than that is Coonabarabran which means 'place of shit' after the designated area of any Aboriginal living site, used as a loo. The early Aboriginal people, realising that the meaning in English would be offensive to white people changed it to mean 'beautiful place'. But most Coonabaran-ians, know what it means.
I also like Caboolture - carpet snake, and Toowoomba - swamp.
Reminds me of many years ago when my late Welsh husband tried to teach our children to say Llanfair....etc. Seven year old said it was too hard. The nine year old with a well developed sense of humour said "No, its easy, all you have to do is clear your throat spit and sneeze."