In the Wiradjuri language (Indigenous Australian), what does the regional city named Wagga Wagga mean?
Wagga Wagga in the state of New South Wales is the largest regional city in the state with a population of 56,000 as of June 2018. It is approximately half-way between Australian's two major cities of Sydney and Melbourne, straddles the Murrumbidgee River and is an important agricultural, military and transport hub.
At the time of federation in 1901, Wagga (as it is abbreviated to) was one of the contenders as the site for the new capital as too were Sydney and Melbourne.
The original inhabitants of the Wagga region were the Wiradjuri people and the word "Wagga" is thought to translate to "crow". To create a plural, the Wiradjuri repeat a word, thus Wagga Wagga translates to "the place of many crows".
While the Wiradjuri people can now be found in other centres in New South Wales, Wagga continues to have the largest population of these Aboriginal Australians.
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