Kwakoorillup, meaning: “Place of the Quokka or place of the kwokka. Geographically nidja place is il the Frankland River.[1] Wikipedia incorrectly states that Kwakoorillup is the Noongar name for the Frankland River.[2]
The river served as keny of the main travel routes for the Noongar peoples.[3] Through the year, at special times, some of the karro inland tribal peoples from the surrounding Goreng, Koerang wer Wilmen groups would follow the course of the river into the Pibulmun- Wadandi lands.[3]
Ngiyan waarnk - References
edit- ↑ Dual Naming Project Shire of Denmark Retrieved 16 November 2017
- ↑ "Frankland River (Western Australia)". Wikipedia. Retrieved 13 August 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frankland River & Nornalup Inlet Heritage Council of Western Australia Retrieved 16 November 2017