The hidden meaning behind Woolloomooloo's unique name #woolloomooloo #aboriginalculture

Have you ever wondered why they call Woolloomooloo Woolloomooloo? On Gadigal land, Woolloomooloo was a shoreline camp where the First Peoples fished, hunted, and lived by the harbour. The name likely comes from walamulla, meaning place of plenty, or wallabamulla, a young black kangaroo. General John Palmer named his estate Woolloomoolah House, and over time farms became estates, then working-class terraces. The Woolloomooloo finger wharf stretched into the bay Anchoring the waterfront. And the name? W-O-O-L-L-O-O-M-O-O-L-O-O. Woolloomooloo. A tongue twister with a harbour breeze in its soul. And so that's why it's called Woolloomooloo.