How did the Council decide what names should be used?

How did the Council decide what names should be used?

The Adelaide City Council gave Kaurna names to the River Torrens, the City Golf Links, and three other parks around the City on 13 March 2000.

The use of Kaurna names, which were developed and approved by Kaurna Elders, is part of the Council’s reconciliation program and demonstrates its commitment to that process through explicit acknowledgment of Kaurna heritage.

The use of relevant Kaurna Aboriginal names for Adelaide Park Lands and other physical features “will represent a significant positive contribution by the City to the reconciliation process,” the then Lord Mayor, Dr Jane Lomax-Smith said.

How did the Council decide what names should be used?

Criteria

The first choice for a name is to use the original name where that name is known.
A name relating to a particular type of flora found in the area or known to have existed there.
A name relating to the current use of the park. These constructed names are marked with
Named after a Kaurna person.

Using the information below

Find these locations on a map of Adelaide.

Create a symbol to represent the environmental features or animals found at that location. Draw this symbol onto the map at the appropriate location and put both the symbol and an explanation of it into the Key.
Read the explanation of the design of the current coat of arms of Adelaide City.
http://www.adelaidecitycouncil.com/archives/civic_collection_emblems.htm
Now create a new logo or coat of arms for the city that incorporates symbols of both the Kaurna and Non-Indigenous Australian communities.
Briefly explain your design and the symbols you have chosen.

Proposed Kaurna Names for City locations

Tarndanya	The city of Adelaide itself, the land south of the river. Tarndanya is certainly based on tarnda ‘red kangaroo’ the principal Dreaming of the area and possibly refers directly to a rock formation south of the Torrens which was quarried in the early years of the colony. This rock formation, the tarnda kanya ‘red kangaroo rock’ was probably located where the Festival Theatre stands today. A number of south Australia’s earliest buildings, including the south Australian Company’s Commercial Offices and Holy Trinity Church on North Terrace were built from stone quarried from this site
Karra Wirra	Park 12 (Grundy and Angas Gardens and University Footbridge) --- Karra Wirra means River Red Gum Forest as the area was once abundant in them.
Padipadinyilla ‘swimming place’	Location of Adelaide Aquatic Centre. Padipadinya ‘swimming’ < padeni ‘to swim’ + -illa ‘LOC’
Wikaparndo Wirra ‘netball park’	SA United Church Netball Assoc. Courts wika ‘net’ (wallaby or fish net) + parndo ‘possum skill ball’ (used as a football) + wirra ‘forest park’
Bakkabakkandi;	Victoria Park Racecourse ‘to trot; a term applied to horses
Karra-Wirra-Parri	The River Torrens. Karra means red gum tree, Wirra means forest and Parri means river.
Pilta-Wodli	Adelaide City Golf Links on the north side of Memorial Drive, was given the dual name Pilta-Wodli which means Possum Place and was the Kaurna name given to the area opposite the old Adelaide goal on the north side of the Torrens due to the abundance of possums that once lived in the numerous red gum trees in the vicinity.
Tamba-Wodli	Park 24 (corner of Glover avenue and West Terrace) --- Tamba-Wodli or houses/homes on the plains for ramshackle collection of tents and other accommodation for new arrivals to Adelaide in the 1830 and 1840s.
Warnangga ‘bullrush root place’	University of Adelaide Sportsground; archery club; Soldier’s Memorial Gardens; ACC Nursery; northern bank of Torrens warnpa ‘bullrush root’, a staple food source prolific along the Torrens and other waterways; + -nnga ‘LOC’
Wirra-Nendi	Park 23 (corner of Burbridge Road and West Terrace) --- Wirra-Nendi means to be transformed into a green, forested area and describes the construction of a Kaurna Food and Medicinal Trail that will explain the Kaurna peoples usage of plants. The Park has been revegetated with native vegetation and protected local indigenous flora.
Witangga ‘Peppermint gum place’	Osmond gardens; Himeji Gardens wita ‘peppermint gum’ + --ngga ‘LOC’
Walyo Yerta ‘walyo root ground’	Veale Gardens; Rose Garden; Conservatory; Restaurant; tramline walyo ‘edible white root resembling a radish’ + yerta ‘ ground’
Pinky Flat	The area on the north side of the Torrens opposite the Festival Theatre is known as Pinky Flat. This name probably derives from pingko, ‘a small animal with a white tail that burrows in the earth’, which we know from comparative data is the ‘greater bilby’ . * Presumably they were once abundant in the area.

The Arms of The City of Adelaide

Granted by the Heralds College on April 20, 1929, the Arms symbolise many of the early characteristics of the City and State, of which it is the Capital.

The Arms consist of a blue shield with a gold cross, on which is surmounted a red cross.

In the top left corner – known as the first quarter – is a three masted ship in full sail. The ship represents the importance of commerce to the City and is a reminder of the form of transport of the early settlers from Great Britain to South Australia, and of any return voyage, as well as being the mail link between the two countries.

The top right corner – the second quarter – shows a golden fleece, representing the sheep farming interest and the wool trade.

In the lower left corner – the third quarter – a bull’s head represents the cattle interests.

And the golden wheat sheaf in full ear in the lower right corner – the forth quarter – represents the extensive agricultural interests.

Above the shield is a golden mural crown; this derives from the crown or garland given to the soldier in early Roman times who was the first to scale the wall of a besieged town.

The crest of the Corporation is above the mural crown. It is a right arm holding miner’s pick, representing another of the industries of the early years which contributed so much to the wealth of South Australia and Adelaide. The arm is resting on a wreath of the colors of the City – blue and gold.

On each side of the shield are the supporters which guard and uphold the shield. The lion represents the English origin of the settlers who established South Australia and the kangaroo represents the country they helped to build.

Each part stands on a grassy green field of rising ground and the base is the Latin motto "Ut Prosint Omnibus Conjuncti" which can be translated as "united for the common good."

The Armorial Flag

The Adelaide City Council approved the design of the Armorial Flag on August 2, 1982.

It replaced the "unofficial decoration" – the Coat of Arms on white background – which had flown outside the Town Hall Adelaide on special occasions during the previous half century.

The new design was prepared by the garter king of Arms of the College of Arms, London.

The symbols used for the flag have been taken from the shield of the Arms of the City of Adelaide.

It is a flag with a blue background with a gold and a red cross dividing it into the four quarters of the Arms.

The flag is bordered on three side in the blue and gold colors of the Corporation, taken from the wreath below the crest of the Arms.

A New Coat of Arms or logo for Adelaide / Tarndanya

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