Language:
Australian:
Gwea
English:
Parramˆtta, Gwea, Cameera, Cad-i, and Mmel, are names of places.
Category:
place: Botany Bay
Source:
Tench
Page:
292
Line:
10.4
Respelt:
Gw’ya
Part of speech:
noun
Date:
1793
Meaning Clue:
‘guier’ (gwiya) = ‘scrub’ (Bennett list)
‘kwia’ = ‘south’ (Mathews: Dharawal, 1901: 147:32)
"Gwea" Gw’ya = "Parramˆtta, Gwea, Cameera, Cad-i, and Mmel, are names of places." : Tench [:292:10.4] [BB]
Source Details:
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History