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.

N

L

L

U

N

L

K

H

C

G

N

O

Y

B

J

P

H

R

X

V

R

A

E

N

D

N

A

K

O

R

O

G

E

P

J

Z

S

V

T

A

G

H

Z

V

O

O

A

A

H

M

W

N

R

D

P

B

X

H

R

Z

U

H

M

E

B

R

N

R

B

X

O

O

T

J

Y

C

U

A

F

M

K

V

E

G

I

N

R

A

X

I

Y

L

D

Q

A

K

L

P

L

H

H

Q

D

O

K

Y

H

R

J

Z

W

A

N

U

Q

A

S

M

Z

O

H

Y

N

N

H

H

E

A

M

Y

O

M

T

R

B

W

M

Z

H

P

G

G

H

Y

P

A

R

N

O

B

Y

A

X

M

S

Y

G

S

A

B

V

V

C

P

U

B

R

N

O

E

S

R

U

M

I

N

A

M

A

C

F

O

H

D

O

L

G

E

Z

O

U

R

I

M

B

A

H

M

R

L

X

M

U

Q

Z

X

W

D

G

O

M

A

V

O

C

A

J

M

U

C

Y

B

S

C

Y

V

I

V

V

G

S

Y

G

W

W

K

U

P

N

G

Y

S

A

X

W

B

A

G

G

E

U

T

E

R

I

N

A

U

L

X

R

A

S

T

L

A

G

I

R

R

E

T

P

N

E

R

R

F

U

Q

Y

J

Y

H

Y

E

L

K

U

O

T

R

C

B

O

U

L

H

K

W

E

F

A

V

R

F

E

D

E

A

V

U

A

C

W

O

V

Z

V

J

C

P

V

N

I

X

T

Y

L

T

M

K

L

X

S

C

M

Y

F

N

B

I

V

V

E

B

V

O

V

B

U

D

G

E

W

O

I

Z

Q

O

F

N

Q

Q

Q

G

N

Z

E

B

Q

V

A

E

V

A

C

F

D

F

V

J

K

H

S

G

C

R

F

F

O

B

N

J

U

Q

L

K

I

G

Brought to you by WordSearchFun.com

Answer Key for Aboriginal Place Names

X

Y

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

1

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

2

#

#

#

#

#

N

A

K

O

R

O

G

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

3

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

A

#

#

W

N

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

4

#

#

#

#

#

R

#

R

#

#

O

O

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

#

5

#

#

#

#

I

#

#

A

#

#

Y

L

#

#

#

#

L

#

#

#

6

#

#

#

O

#

Y

#

R

#

#

W

A

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

7

#

#

N

#

H

#

E

A

#

Y

O

M

#

#

B

#

#

#

#

#

8

#

G

#

#

#

A

#

N

O

#

Y

A

#

M

#

#

#

#

#

#

9

#

#

#

#

#

#

R

N

O

#

#

R

U

M

I

N

A

#

A

#

10

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

E

#

O

U

R

I

M

B

A

H

#

R

#

11

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

M

A

V

O

C

A

#

#

U

#

12

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

Y

#

#

#

K

#

#

N

#

13

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

U

#

E

R

I

N

A

#

L

#

14

#

#

#

#

L

A

G

I

R

R

E

T

#

N

#

#

#

#

U

#

15

#

#

#

#

Y

E

L

K

U

O

T

#

C

#

O

#

#

#

K

#

16

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

A

#

U

A

#

#

O

#

#

#

#

17

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

L

#

M

#

L

#

#

#

M

#

#

#

18

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

O

#

B

U

D

G

E

W

O

I

#

#

#

19

#

#

#

#

#

#

N

#

E

#

#

#

A

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

20

#

#

#

#

#

G

#

R

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

#

Word	X	Y	Direction
AVOCA	12	11	e
BUDGEWOI	10	18	e
CALGA	13	15	s
ERINA	13	13	e
ETTALONG	13	13	sw
GOROKAN	12	2	w
KARIONG	8	2	sw
KINCUMBER	14	14	sw
KULNURA	19	15	n
MOONEYMOONEY	11	11	nw
NARARA	8	8	n
OURIMBAH	10	10	e
RUMBALARA	12	10	ne
TERRIGAL	12	14	w
TOUKLEY	11	15	w
TUGGERAH	12	14	nw
UMINA	13	9	e
WOYWOY	11	3	s
WYONG	11	6	sw
YARRAMALONG	12	12	n