Cas
Nothing to do withYTBC's I am afraid but Parap a suburb of Darwin was
originally Paraparap until the 60's when in good old Aussie fashion it
was shortened to Parap. The name means Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo in the
Aboriginal language. Maybe there is YTBC suburb or town lurking out there
somewhere
Cheers
Chris Gregory
On 25 February 2010 21:10, Cas and Lisa Liber <>wrote:
> Hi all,
> was developing a page on the Yellow-tailed Black cockatoo on wikipedia
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-tailed_Black_Cockatoo
>
> I have Wylah (Hunter region) and Ngaoaraa (dharawal) as aboriginal names.
> Has anyne heard of other legends or names, or even ewhich specific language
> Wylah comes from?
>
> also , if I look up Mount Langi Ghiran which is supposed to mean "Home of
> the Black Cockatoo", there seems to be sources saying it is both/either
> Yellow or Red-tailed....
>
> all input and references much welcomed
> Cas
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