Aboriginal Place Names

AVOCA
BUDGEWOI
CALGA
ERINA
ETTALONG
GOROKAN
KARIONG
KINCUMBER
KULNURA
MOONEYMOONEY
NARARA
OURIMBAH
RUMBALARA
TERRIGAL
TOUKLEY
TUGGERAH
UMINA
WOYWOY
WYONG
YARRAMALONG

When Aboriginal Australians named places they usually named it based on the use of land or physical landmarks. See how many you can find...

Try to find all 20 words on this board.

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Z K U F Q W S A L G K F U G O Y U A W E
E M Y H L L G R V D I K N I E Q L B F U
Z N T D Z A X U A I A O Z N A A K Z K J
Y F R R A H M N A D I A O C B X A S A M
T J Z I O A R L Q R N O O M R G K C D H
F V G W W B L U A X M V U M I N A Q U E
S I S R H M Q K E Y A R R A M A L O N G
V A Y O T I G I E T T A L O N G V U A O
F E O T T R C N R U E O Q D K O E A R R
V Z W O G U O C I G X R U Z K S E M A O
T U Y P A O A U N G K I R K N O N M R K
B V O O M L G M A E N V K I L C J K A A
I O W E G D U B V R U V N Z G E I W O N
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Answer Key for Aboriginal Place Names

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Word X Y Direction
AVOCA  1112ne
BUDGEWOI  818w
CALGA  815sw
ERINA  913s
ETTALONG  913e
GOROKAN  2012s
KARIONG  812ne
KINCUMBER  814s
KULNURA  812n
MOONEYMOONEY  1111ne
NARARA  1912s
OURIMBAH  616n
RUMBALARA  1212ne
TERRIGAL  1013se
TOUKLEY  1113se
TUGGERAH  1013s
UMINA  1311e
WOYWOY  318n
WYONG  66ne
YARRAMALONG  1012e