List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin - 100 Word Summary

Australian place names with Aboriginal origins come from three main situations: Europeans adopting local Indigenous names (often misheard or romanticised), governments later naming places after Aboriginal people or language groups, and communities that have always retained their original Aboriginal names. Early observer Watkin Tench noted the musical quality of many Sydney-area Aboriginal names, and how tribes often took names from their home places. The article also lists numerous natural features, roads, dams, and other sites bearing Aboriginal names, while highlighting cases mistakenly thought to be Aboriginal or where the origin is contested or corrupted from other languages.