The Origins of our Town Names
LINK TO - Woori Yallock History
WOORI YALLOCK is an Aboriginal name meaning “running creek” or “plenty of water”. When in flood the Yarra overflowed into billabongs there. At first the name was spelt Wori Yalock and later Worri Yalloak before it settled down to Woori Yallock. Such variations of spelling were not unusual as the new arrivals tried to fit Aboriginal sounds to their own ideas of phonetics. – “The Upper Yarra- An Illustrated History” by Brian Carroll (Page 4) settings.
LINK TO - Yellingbo History
YELLINGBO was named after the last Aboriginal to have frequented there. It means “today” or “this day”.
– www.cclc.vic.gov.au
LINK TO - Hoddles Creek History
HODDLES CREEK In 1844-45 Robert Hoddle, Senior Surveyor for what was then N.S.W. and responsible for the plan of Melbourne City Streets, carried out a survey of the Yarra River from its lower reaches to its source. In December of 1844 he camped on the creek named after him and not far from this camp he built a bridge to take his dray across the Hoddles Creek. In 1865, Hoddles Creek was known as Hoddles Creek Falls.
LINK TO - Launching Place History
LAUNCHING PLACE was derived from the place where supply boats were launched to service the Woods Point gold fields.
LINK TO - Don Valley History
DON VALLEY took its name from the Don River that was named after the Don River that flows to the sea at Aberdeen in Scotland.
– “Place Names of Victoria” by Les Blake (courtesy of Alma Mitchell, Healesville Historical Society)