Goomalling is an Aboriginal word which means “the place of the silver-grey possum”. Goomal (or koomal) is the Noongar word for this possum which inhabited Goomalling in abundance when European settlement began in the Wongamine area in the 1830s. The signs along the Oak Park walk trail reveal some history about the Indigenous people of Goomalling, the Balardong. You can … Continue reading History