Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · edit-23 months agoDaily Discussion Thread: 💐 🙂 💖 Friday, November 8, 2024message-squaremessage-square327fedilinkarrow-up119
arrow-up119message-squareDaily Discussion Thread: 💐 🙂 💖 Friday, November 8, 2024Seagoon_@aussie.zone to Melbourne@aussie.zone · edit-23 months agomessage-square327fedilink
minus-squareStudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoMaribyrnong: Anglecised version of “Mirring-gnay-bir-nong”, which translates as ‘I can hear a ringtail possum’. That made me laugh so fucking hard 😂😂😂 like it’s just an apt name for the area holy shit 😂💀 Source: apparently my own council website lol https://conversations.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/renaming/names-melbourne#:~:text=There are 31 councils in,Yarra River Melbourne - History
Maribyrnong: Anglecised version of “Mirring-gnay-bir-nong”, which translates as ‘I can hear a ringtail possum’.
That made me laugh so fucking hard 😂😂😂 like it’s just an apt name for the area holy shit 😂💀
Source: apparently my own council website lol https://conversations.merri-bek.vic.gov.au/renaming/names-melbourne#:~:text=There are 31 councils in,Yarra River Melbourne - History