Editing Canberra (section)

==Name==
The word "Canberra" is derived from the [[Ngunnawal language]] of a local [[Ngunnawal]] or [[Ngambri]] clan who resided in the area and were referred to by the early British colonists as either the {{lang|xul|Canberry}}, {{lang|xul|Kanberri}} or {{lang|xul|Nganbra}} tribe.<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Osborne |first=Tegan |date=3 April 2016 |title=What is the Aboriginal history of Canberra? |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/curious-canberra/2016-04-04/curious-canberra-what-is-the-aboriginal-history-of-canberra/7286124 |access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=29 April 2023 |title=Ngambri people consider claiming native title over land in Canberra after ACT government apologises |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-29/ngambri-people-consider-native-title-claim/102281670 |access-date=21 November 2023 |quote=The name 'Canberra' is derived from the name of our people and country: the Ngambri, the Kamberri.}}</ref> [[Joshua John Moore]], the first European land-owner in the region, named his grant "Canberry" in 1823 after these people. "Canberry Creek" and "Canberry" first appeared on regional maps from 1830, while the derivative name "Canberra" started to appear from around 1857.<ref name="selkirk">{{cite journal |last1=Selkirk |first1=Henry |title=The Origins of Canberra |journal=The Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society |date=1923 |volume=9 |pages=49–78 |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-594747918 |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |author=Cambage, Richard Hind |journal=Notes on the Native Flora of New South Wales |title=Part X, The Federal Capital Territory |date=1919 |publisher=Linnean Society of New South Wales |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22545595 |access-date=14 October 2013 |archive-date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301001604/http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/22545595 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131732093 |title=A Skull Where Once The Native Roamed |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=37 |issue=((10,610)) |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 August 1963 |access-date=23 May 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Numerous local commentators, including the Ngunnawal elder Don Bell, have speculated upon possible meanings of "Canberra" over the years. These include "meeting place", "woman's breasts" and "the hollow between a woman's breasts".<ref name=Frei>{{cite web |last=Frei |first=Patricia |title=Discussion on the Meaning of 'Canberra' |url=http://www.canberrahistoryweb.com/meaningofcanberra.htm |work=Canberra History Web |publisher=Patricia Frei |access-date=11 August 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927182307/http://www.canberrahistoryweb.com/meaningofcanberra.htm |archive-date=27 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.crispinhull.com.au/book-on-canberra/chapter-2-european-settlement-and-the-naming-of-canberra |title=Canberra – Australia's National Capital |chapter=European settlement and the naming of Canberra |last=Hull |first=Crispin |date=6 February 2009 |access-date=7 June 2010 |publisher=Crispin Hull |archive-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426150348/http://www.crispinhull.com.au/book-on-canberra/chapter-2-european-settlement-and-the-naming-of-canberra/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Alternative proposals for the name of the city during its planning included Austral, Australville, Aurora, Captain Cook, Caucus City, Cookaburra, Dampier, Eden, Eucalypta, Flinders, Gonebroke, Home, Hopetoun, Kangaremu, Myola, Meladneyperbane, New Era, Olympus, Paradise, Shakespeare, Sydmelperadbrisho, Swindleville, The National City, Union City, Unison, Wattleton, Wheatwoolgold, Yass-Canberra.<ref>{{cite web |title=Suggested names for Australia's new capital {{!}} naa.gov.au |url=https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/suggested-names-australias-new-capital |access-date=17 November 2021 |website=www.naa.gov.au |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117110616/https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/federation/suggested-names-australias-new-capital |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Australia For Everyone: Canberra - The Names of Canberra |url=https://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/australia-for-everyone-canberra-11/ |access-date=17 November 2021 |website=Australia Guide |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117110616/https://www.australiaforeveryone.com.au/australia-for-everyone-canberra-11/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Salvage |first=Jess |date=25 August 2016 |title=The Siting and Naming of Canberra |url=https://www.nca.gov.au/siting-and-naming-canberra |access-date=17 November 2021 |website=www.nca.gov.au |language=en |archive-date=17 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117110625/https://www.nca.gov.au/siting-and-naming-canberra |url-status=live}}</ref>