Kaurna People

First shared on ‘Gawler: Colonial Athens’ blog Monday, 18 January 2021,

 

'I would like to begin by acknowledging the Kaurna people, Traditional Custodians of the land on which we the Town of Gawler stands today and pay my respects to their Elders past and present. I extend that respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples here today.'[1]

Kaurna People

Before European settlement, the area we now identify as Gawler was the home to the Kaurna people. The North Para, South Para and Gawler Rivers are all sacred sites to the Kaurna mob, as is the junction of the three rivers found at Parridla Taikondi Parank in what is now Lawrence Ave, Gawler South.

The name Parridila Taikondi; Parri is a Kaurna word for river and parridla means rivers. Taikondi is the Kaurna word for coming together.[2]

Kaurna Country Map - Click here.

Town of Gawler - Local Aboriginal Culture - Click here.

 

 

 

Researched and written by Allen Tiller © 2021

[1] Welcome to Country or Acknowledgement of Country, Commonwealth of Australia, https://www.indigenous.gov.au/contact-us/welcome_acknowledgement-country.

[2] Significant Local Areas, Town of Gawler, (2020), https://www.gawler.sa.gov.au/about-gawler/aboriginal-torres-strait-islanders/significant-local-areas.

[3] Map of Indigenous Australia, AIATSIS, (2023)m  https://aiatsis.gov.au/explore/map-indigenous-australia.