gadli
- gadli are important in the Dreaming about winda the owl.- according to Howitt, gadli Dreaming is part of the garrdi totem.
- gadli are important in the Dreaming about winda the owl.- according to Howitt, gadli Dreaming is part of the garrdi totem.
- an important fishing area, especially for yellowtail.- December is the period for yellowtail here.- most of the spearfishing was done at night.- fish spears with two heads were used and torches made of bark were burned to attract the fish.- location is given as Section G, Hundred of Warenben. (Egginton/Tindale)- possibly comes from gagga head + awi, from gawi water. Tindale suggests that head might indicate the main area for fish, while Cockburn (in Whats in a name?) suggests a literal meaning of head of bay or water.
- this word appears only in the collection by Kuhn, which has some errors, so the word may not be quite correct.- gabidja seems to include gabi water.
Egginton/Tindale calls this fish groper, while Egginton/Johnson calls it blue head.
literally tooth bad-tempered.
most sources say this is a toadfish, while Aunty Phoebe Wanganeen says it can also mean puffer fish.the name literally means sea ugly.