A Perth suburb, Karawara is an Aboriginal word meaning 'green'. The name was approved as the suburb name in 1973.[1]
Alternatively it is derived from the Noongar words 'kar' (a crab) or 'kara' (a spider) wer 'wara' (meaning 'bad'). Hence 'Bad spider/crab'.[2]
Ngiyan waarnk - References edit
- ↑ Karawara. Landgate, Govt. of WA. Retrieved 4 November 2016
- ↑ Bernard Rooney (2011). "The Nyoongar Legacy". Batchelor Press. ISBN 978 174131 232 4