List of Australian place names of Aboriginal origin

Place names in Australia have names originating in the Australian Aboriginal languages for three main reasons:[citation needed] Watkin Tench, who arrived on the First Fleet in 1788, observed of the Aboriginal languages of the present-day Sydney area:

Borenore

Satellite view of Australia's capital city, Canberra , whose name comes from a Ngunawal language word meaning "meeting place".

Welcome sign from Murwillumbah , New South Wales . The name derives from the Bandjalang word meaning "camping place".

Aboriginal names of suburbs of Brisbane , derived from the Turrbal language .