Talk:List of English words of Australian Aboriginal origin

2004 Comment
This page needs to be reclassified or heavily edited, as nearly all the words listed are not used commonly in English. They may be commonly used in Australian English, and a few of those Australian English words are used commonly in English, such as "boomerang". Perhaps this should be moved to List of Australian English words of Australian Aboriginal Origin. Tritium6 17:57, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Requested move
There's a new poll here that would (hopefully) end all this "Indigenous" vs. "Aborigine" controversy. Feel free to vote. Zarbat 09:23, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Associated category
The Category:Australian Aboriginal words and phrases gives this page as the main article. The Category has just been renamed, but I think I see another problem. I realise this is the english language wiki but the named could be more accurate. - Fred 13:21, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Conflict about word origin
This article implies "boondocks" is of Australian Aboriginal origin, while the "boondocks" article says it is of Tagalog origin. Which is correct? 206.9.215.136 (talk) 15:40, 20 April 2011 (UTC)

Content of categories being deleted
In this discussion it was decided that 3 categories should be listified and deleted. These categories and the articles currently in them (as of 2/3/2013) are listed below. Articles that are already linked from this article asterisked.

Pages in Category:Dharuk words and phrases
 * Boomerang *
 * Burrawang        (since removed from category)
 * Dingo *
 * Koala *
 * Kurrajong *
 * Mulgoa        (since removed from category)
 * Toongabbie (disambiguation)        (since removed from category)
 * Wallaby *
 * Waratah *
 * Winmalee, New South Wales
 * Woomera (spear-thrower) *

Pages in Category:Nyungar words and phrases
 * Gilgie *
 * Kylie (name) *
 * Quokka *

Pages in Category:Yagara words and phrases
 * Currawong *
 * Dillybag
 * Humpy *
 * Yakka *

DexDor (talk) 07:34, 2 March 2013 (UTC)

others
Growing up in Western Australia I heard the word 'Boondi' used to name a small projectile, believe this of Aboriginal origin, as in 'Boondi Rock' postcode 6429 Tradimus (talk) 10:51, 28 July 2021 (UTC)

English words often falsely assumed to be of Australian Aboriginal origin
I know the whole article is sparsely referenced. But this section seems to me to be completely worthless without references that show that said false assumption is common. (cf Talk:List of common misconceptions - criteria 2 and 4). I was tempted to be BOLD and simply delete it, but thought I should bring it up at the talk page first. --ColinFine (talk) 18:44, 24 September 2021 (UTC)
 * That would be a valid assumption. Looking for references seems a good place to start. Most of this should be easily sourceable Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 19:51, 24 September 2021 (UTC)