Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Canberra" in English language version.
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The name 'Canberra' is derived from the name of our people and country: the Ngambri, the Kamberri.
Ngambri-Guumaal elder Shane Mortimer, who contests the Ngunnawal claim to Canberra, said Black Mountain, Mount Ainslie and the area between them were hugely significant to his people. "Canberra is women's business, it is women's country," he said. "[The word 'Canberra'] means cleavage – the space between a woman's breasts, that's Black Mountain and Mount Ainslie, and a very very important area for our people, indeed a corroboree ground for our people, right where the National Museum of Australia is today."
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The other widely known theory is that the name meant 'breasts'. John Gale was told at Andrew Cunningham's funeral at Lanyon in 1887 by Rev. Canon Champion of Bungendore that a very old swagman familiar with the area had heard from the blacks "that the English equivalent for Canberra was 'a woman's breasts'"; this was suggested by the two hills Mr Ainslie and Black Mountain... Gale's reported meaning 'breast' may contain an oblique reference to a mythological story, since body parts do often figure in Aboriginal myth-based toponymy. Nevertheless the story, if there was one, remains irrecoverable.
Canberra, Mortimer confirmed, was indeed the same word as Ngambri. "So what does Ngambri actually mean?" Daley asked. "Cleavage," said the Ngambri elder. "You sure?" insisted Daley. "No doubt whatsoever. Her womb is where Capital Hill is today."
The electoral divisions described in this report came into effect from Friday 13 July 2018 ... However, members of the House of Representatives will not represent or contest these electoral divisions until ... a general election.