Table 5 - Common Animals Used by Wiradjuri
(Traditional Times)
Wagga Wagga Local Government Area Restored Wiradjuri Common & Scientific Uses
Names
or (Whitefella Wiradjuri) Name (16,17)
Bandicoot Perameles species Bilby Macrotis lagotis Black Wallaby Wallabia bicolor Brush Tail Possum Trichosurus vulpecula
Gurawung
?
Bilbi, Bilbang
?
Walaru?
Meat/Skin?
Wilay
Brown snake (Eastern) Pseudonaja textilis Carpet Snake Morelia spilotes variegata Dingo Canis familiaris Easter Grey Kangaroo Macropus fulinginosus Echidna Tachyglossus aculentus Goanna Varanus varius Koala Phascolarctos cinereus Platypus Ornithorhychus anatinus Quoll Dasyurus species Red Bellied Black Snake Pseudechis prophyriacus Ring Tail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus Sugar Glider Petaurus breviceps Tiger Snake Notechis scutatus Water Rat Hydromys chrysgaster Wombat Vombatus ursinus
Warralang
Skin cloak, Water carrier? rugs, "Drum", Fur/thread. Meat/ Staple food ?
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Yaba Yugay
?Mythological? Meat? Hunting, companionship
Wambuwany
Meat, Skin, Sinews, Teeth
Wandhayala (Bigabilla) Gugaa
Meat, Quills?
Barrandhang Biladurang
Referred to as "brother" Meat ?
Mabi
?
Galinydhuliny
?
Gindaany
Meat/Skin
Budharang
Meat?
Bagal
?
Bigun, munun
Meat/Skin?
Wombad
Meat
Meat/Fat