Wadjemup

E503178

Wadjemup is the Noongar Aboriginal name for Rottnest Island, a culturally significant island off the coast of Western Australia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Wadjemup canonical 2
Wadjemup (Noongar name for Rottnest Island) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Aboriginal place name ⓘ
culturally significant site ⓘ
island ⓘ
accessibleBy ferry ⓘ
accessibleFrom Fremantle ⓘ
Perth ⓘ
administeredAs Rottnest Island ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Noongar people ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
distanceFromCoast_km approximately 18 ⓘ
governedBy Government of Western Australia ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Aboriginal Australians ⓘ
Noongar people ⓘ
hasEcosystemType island ecosystem ⓘ
hasEnglishName Rottnest Island ⓘ
hasFauna marine life ⓘ
quokka ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasFeature beaches ⓘ
coastal dunes ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
salt lakes ⓘ
hasFlora coastal heath ⓘ
salt-tolerant shrubs ⓘ
hasHeritageType Aboriginal cultural landscape ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse Aboriginal prison site ⓘ
hasMainSettlement Rottnest Island settlement ⓘ
linked to: Rottnest Island

Thomson Bay area ⓘ
hasProtectedStatus conservation area ⓘ
isMemorialSiteFor Aboriginal prisoners ⓘ
isSacredSiteFor Noongar people ⓘ
isTouristDestinationFor Western Australia visitors ⓘ
international tourists ⓘ
isTraditionalNameOf Rottnest Island ⓘ
knownFor Aboriginal history ⓘ
cultural heritage ⓘ
quokka population ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
languageOfName Noongar ⓘ
linked to: Noongar people
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
locatedNear Fremantle ⓘ
offCoastOf Perth metropolitan region ⓘ
linked to: Greater Perth

Western Australia ⓘ
partOf Noongar Country ⓘ
stateJurisdiction Western Australia ⓘ
timeZone Australian Western Standard Time ⓘ
tourismRegion Perth region ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wadjemup Lighthouse → namedAfter → Wadjemup (Noongar name for Rottnest Island) ⓘ
linked to: Wadjemup
Wadjemup Hill → hasNameElement → Wadjemup ⓘ