Talk:Panania, New South Wales

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Can you confirm the source of the claim that the origin of the name Panania is Aboriginal? Narwee, several stations up the line is supposed to be an Aboriginal word for "sun", so I can't see how Panania can mean "sun rising in the east and shining on hills" - which Aboriginal dialect is the word supposedly derived from? I have a sneaking suspicion that many of the "Aboriginal" suburb names in southwestern Sydney are pure inventions - particularly given that by the time those suburbs were named there had been no local Aborigines there for many decades.--Gene_poole 23:18, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

It is only speculation that it is an aboriginal word, most historians that quote on the meaning of Panania cant be certain that Panania is an aboriginal word. During the construction of the railway panania was known as "Nioka" (but this is also the name of a town in Northern New South Wales) and was once suggested during the construction of the railway that the suburb known as Panania because "East hill" and the suburb known as east hills be called "east hills park?

All of this information is available in Andrew Molloys book "The history of East hills/panania/picnic point" pub 2000220.237.17.99 11:57, 5 November 2007 (UTC)