2006-11-24 22:33:09 · 5 answers · asked by webbo 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
"GABBA" is a shortened version of WOOLOONGABBA.That is the name of the suburb of Brisbane where the ground is located.WOOLOONGABBA is an aboriginal word meaning "meeting place of waters".The whole area used to swamp land.
2006-11-24 22:45:46 · answer #1 · answered by jb1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports in the Queensland capkital of Brisbane. It is colloquially known as The Gabba because it is located in the suburbs of Woolloongabba.
There is no other historic or significant reason why the Brisbane Cricket ground is known as Gabba
2006-11-25 06:57:19 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The Gabba" and comes from the suburb of Woolloongabba in which the ground is situated.
There are two theories about the meaning of the Aboriginal words from which "Woolloongabba" is derived - "whirling water" or "fight talk place".
"The Gabba" dates back to 1895, when the land was designated as the site for a cricket ground
2006-11-25 06:49:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Abrreviation of Woolloongabba, Aborigines' name for the place where the field is located. (When the cricket circus gets to Perth, the Waca is the Western Australian Cricket Association's stadium.)
2006-11-25 07:04:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it always GABBA lots of runs against us mate!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-25 10:25:02 · answer #5 · answered by stevi c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋