Wodiwodi


The Wodiwodi peoples are the Indigenous Australian people of New South Wales, a sub-group of the Dharawal nation.

Language

The Wodiwodi language, considered a dialect of Tharawal was briefly described by William Ridley in 1875, who obtained this information, via her husband, from the wife of John Malone, Lizzie Malone, a "half-caste", whose mother was a Shoalhaven aboriginal.

Country

The Wodiwodi are estimated by Norman Tindale to have had some of country in the area north of the Shoalhaven River and reaching to Wollongong; their territory took in the Illawarra
district, including Lake Illawarra, Berkeley and Hooka Creek. Their descendants are considered one of the custodians of the land in this area.

Mythology

The Wodiwodi word for the creator figure called Baiame by contiguous tribes, was Mirrirul, from the word mirīr, meaning "sky."

Alternative spellings and names

The Wodi Wodi Walking Track, Stanwell Park, New South Wales is named after the Wodiwodi people.

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