What does Bondi mean?

Question

The name of the beach.

I´m from Brasil and this was a question on the brasilian Yahoo!Answers.
I just got curious.
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Answer 1

What are you doing at the australian Y answers?

Answer 2

"Bondi" or "Boondi" is an Aboriginal word meaning "water breaking over rocks" or "noise of water breaking over rocks." The Australian Museum records that Bondi means "place where a flight of nullas took place."

In 1851, Edward Smith Hall and Francis O'Brien purchased 200 acres of the Bondi area that embraced almost the whole frontage of Bondi Beach, and it was named the "The Bondi Estate." Hall was O'Brien's father-in-law. Between 1855 and 1877 O'Brien purchased his father-in-law's share of the land, renamed the land the "O'Brien Estate," and made the beach and the surrounding land available to the public as a picnic ground and amusement resort. As the beach became increasingly popular, O'Brien threatened to stop public beach access. However, the Municipal Council believed that the Government needed to intervene to make the beach a public reserve. It was not until June 9, 1882, that the Government acted and Bondi Beach finally became a public beach.

Answer 3

What Is Bondi

Answer 4

It is a Dharuk word. Dharuk was the language of the Sydney basin. The language is now extinct but some words and place names remain. There are two possible meanings (1) water breaking over rocks; noise of water breaking over rocks; (2). a place where a fight with nullas took place. A nulla is a type of wooden club

Answer 5

not sure exactly, but it is an aboriginal name that has to do with the water. Like a lot of things in australia they are named with aboriginal names

Answer 6

It means syringes in the sand,drunks,drugs sad posers and predatory homosexuals !

Answer 7

it means a pain in the ****. only mugs ask questions like this.