Originally it was Adlooleita. From the South Australian Aboriginal word adloo meaning 'we' and the word leita, meaning 'small'. The general idea was: We are small but strong. Later these Aboriginal words were adopted by the settlers when it was discovered how closely they resembled the name of King William's German-born wife, Queen Adelaide.
Melbourne
From the Aboriginal Mallee bernaro. In Victorian Aboriginal mallee meant a scrub of dwarf eucalypts, while bernaro meant a gum tree. The general sense of it could be translated as: The place where one tall gum tree really sticks out among the dwarfs, where the average looks tall.
Woolloomooloo
A corruption of the slogan 'Wool for the Looms of Old England', which was written on all the bales of wool leaving the Australian colonies for Great Britain via this quaint little bay in Sydney.
Kalgoorlie
A popular recreation center for miners and gold diggers. Kalgoorlie is Aboriginal for 'call girlie'.
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