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| Type: | Text |
| Title: | Ponkepurringa |
| Other Titles: | Place name Summary (PNS) 4.02/05 |
| Author: | Schultz, Chester |
| Publisher: | Chester Schultz |
| Issue Date: | 4-Aug-2017 |
| Abstract: | ‘Ponke’-paringga was a Kaurna name for all or part of the Onkaparinga River on its coastal floodplain. The name was recorded as ‘Ponkepurringa’ on a map published by Sturt in 1833, the only known primary source of the spelling. ‘Purringa’ certainly represents the Kaurna word paringga, ‘at the river, river place’. The name therefore means “place of the ‘Ponke’ river”. However, the correct spelling of ‘Ponke’ and its meaning (if any) are very uncertain. |
| Keywords: | Ponke-paringga Kaurna language Onkaparinga River Fleurieu Peninsula Aboriginal place-names South Australia geography Kaurna Warra Pintyandi |
| Appears in Collections: | Southern Kaurna Place Names Essays |
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