Dual Indigenous names for Defence bases unveiled

Defence demonstrated its commitment to First Nations peoples with the unveiling of dual base names on Wiradjuri country at RAAF Base Wagga and Blamey Barracks, Kapooka, as part of a dual naming pilot program.

Wiradjuri traditional owners provided Wiradjuri language names for RAAF Base Wagga, ‘Yalbiligi Ngurang’ (pronounced ‘Yal-bili-gi Ner-rung’) and ‘Gabuga’ (pronounced ‘Gah-buh-gah’) for Blamey Barracks. 

The names and traditional artwork on new signage were unveiled during a ceremony at the entrances of both bases on November 22. 

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5 comments

  • Peter Hutchinson 5715274 December 9, 2024   Reply →

    Renaming military bases is a complete load of bull****, get with the program people and be aware of what has happened by the elders in the Burdekin Shire in Queensland, and it should happen all around the country.

  • David Anderson December 9, 2024   Reply →

    Can someone tell me the point of establishing Aboriginal names for some Australian military bases? Especially Blamey Barracks, after Australia’s only Field Marshal. It seems that this will become a trend which could result in losing all the original names over time. Very sad – and, in my view, an unnecessary move.

    • Gary Burgess December 10, 2024   Reply →

      Gary Burgess December 10, 2024

      There is no point at all Dave, our military bases are named after people and places who eared the right to have their names remembered, not to appease some woke political agenda.

  • Tim Strange December 11, 2024   Reply →

    How much did this cost us ?

  • Alan Price December 15, 2024   Reply →

    What a lot of garbage. Two names for our famous military establishments. When will this garbage stop? What were the aboriginal names for the bases prior to bearing the names that they now enjoy. I will bet any money that the area did not have a name and that it was not a sacred site and that there was no such family title as uncle or aunty. Ther was certainly no smoking ceremony. We have been doctored and lied to, too much. It has to stop. W Ther was never an aboriginal nation, there were numerous tribes living off the land, but they all had a different language. They may have gathered for corrobborees (parties) and celebrations but never as a nation. We are being conned and it all involves money. An aboriginal friend of mine declared that he would not apply to DVA for a well-deserved (WIA) TPI pension because he makes much more money by being an aboriginal.

    Alan Price a proud crackatinny man from Glebe

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