Garru is the Wiradjuri word for Magpie. Garru is a very important budyaan (bird) in our country.
Barrawarn is the Wurundjeri word for Magpie, and the Barrawarn Program is the heart of the Collingwood Football Club's Indigenous partnerships, programs, activities and events.
E.g. Koolbardi boorn-ak nyininy. – magpie in the tree or Koolbardi worl-ak koorliny – magpie in the sky moving. 1. Koolbardi boorn-ak nyininy.
at "Our Dream Time"… The Magpies are one of the most intelligent birds. One tribal belief is that the sky and the Earth were so close together that everyone had to hunt on their hands and knees in the darkness. The magpie decided that if they all worked together they could lift the sky.
They are considered a messenger of good luck and are known as “birds of joy." For instance, if you see a magpie or if a magpie builds a nest near your home, that may be an indication and positive omen of incoming success and good news.
However, before the spread of Christianity the magpie was an important symbolic bird often associated with good luck or fortune. The Romans, for example, believed that the magpie was highly intelligent with excellent reasoning abilities, and in Ancient Greece magpies were sacred to Bacchus the god of wine.
That language name is Kurraka – the Kaurna word for Magpie – which has been the animal emblem of Port Adelaide since the early 1900s.
"The crow is sacred and most Aboriginal people will not kill the crow," he said. "Aboriginal people have different stories about how they spread messages and lead people to safety if they're lost.
Jindang, Djindang or Djinda are Noongar words for what in English is called a star. The night time stars are suns in their own right, some bigger than our own Sun, many smaller.
The Gaelic word for a bird is eun.
The Noongar people subdivided into two cultural moieties, the maniychmat (white cockatoo, i.e. western long-billed corella) and wordungmat (crow, i.e. raven) people (Bates 2004).
manu māori
(noun) native bird, endemic bird.
Young magpies will often move in groups of up to 50 birds called 'tribes', but the Macquarie Dictionary also lists the collective noun for magpies as "tidings".
The magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as wee magpie, peewee, peewit, mudlark or Murray magpie, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea.
Jingeri, learn the Aboriginal language of Yugambeh word for Magpie - Kulamburran.
Aboriginal people learn about their totem through ceremonies, Dreaming stories and by watching them. Today, we can read their stories and do projects about them. Aboriginal people sing songs and tell stories so that everyone knows about their totem.
You may know them as 'Budgies', but did you know the common name is derived from a Gamilaraay Aboriginal language name ' Betcherrygah ', which is thought to mean ' good food '?
The Glossy Black-cockatoo has a strong spiritual cultural connection for Aboriginal people and features in many cultural stories locally. Feathers are used as important ceremonial body art decoration and according to bush lore, the Glossy Black-cockatoo's calls are an indication of rain.
Many Indigenous Australians are very superstitious people, and their connection with the land leads them to believe certain animal spirits can harm people. One belief is that killing a willy-wagtail bird makes the bird's spirit angry; creating storms of violence that can kill people.
Boonah, an Anglicised version of the Aboriginal word 'buna', supposedly means bloodwood tree.
In order to ward off bad luck, greet the sight of a lone Pica pica with the words: 'Good morning, Mr Magpie, how are Mrs Magpie and all the other little magpies? '
They believe the magpie will never inject any sort of bad luck if the person keeps the bird happy or shows utter respect. People are told that he/she should salute or wave at a magpie to show respect. Some also believe that greeting the bird also helps to fend off bad luck.
Sometimes they appear as a sinister omen, but equally often as a friend. In the UK, a lone magpie is considered especially ominous and it is commonplace to voice a respectful enquiry as to the health of its wife and children. Conversely in China and Korea magpies are seen as bringing good luck.