Bidwill Creek
Bidwill may refer to: Places *Bidwill, New South Wales, a suburb of Blacktown *Bidwill, Queensland, a locality in Queensland, Australia People *Bidwill (surname) See also *Bidhawal The Bidawal (also known as Bidhawal and Bidwell) were an Australian Aboriginal tribe of Gippsland, Victoria. According to Alfred William Howitt, the Bidawal were composed of "refugees from tribes". Language The Bidawal language was either a dia ..., an Australian Aboriginal people. * Bidwell (other) {{disambiguation ...
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Bidwill, New South Wales
Bidwill is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bidwill is located 48 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. History Bidwill takes its name from John Carne Bidwill (1815-1853) appointed as botanist in charge at the Botanic Gardens in 1847. Prior to settlement and colonisation of Australia, Bidwill and the surrounding area was inhabited by the Darug tribe. Bidwill was dominated by the development of public housing in the 1960s and 1970s. In recent times, Bidwill has been associated with social and economic problems. These have resulted in an increase of crime and such trouble as riots. Over the years Bidwill has become a community where more than 90 per cent are living on Centrelink payments. For many of its residents, what started as a short stay in public housing has turned into years and generations of unemployment and welfar ...
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Bidwill, Queensland
Bidwill is a locality in the Fraser Coast Region, Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , established_ ..., Australia. In the , Bidwill had a population of 491 people. Geography The '' Mary River'' forms the short north-western boundary, while ''Jumpo Creek'' forms the western boundary on its way to join the ''Mary''. References Fraser Coast Region Localities in Queensland {{Queensland-geo-stub ...
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Bidwill (surname)
Bidwill is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Arthur J. Bidwill (1903–1985), American politician *Bill Bidwill (1931–2019), American businessman and sports franchise owner *Charles Bidwill (1895–1947), American businessman, father of Bill Bidwill *John Carne Bidwill (1815–1853), English botanist active in Australia and New Zealand * Michael Bidwill (born 1964), American football executive, son of Bill Bidwill * Violet Bidwill or Violet Bidwill Wolfner (1900–1962), American football owner, wife of Charles Bidwell See also *Bidwell (surname) Bidwell is an English language, English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adonijah Bidwell (1716–1784), first minister of Housatonic Township No. 1 * Annie Bidwell (1839–1918), wife of John Bidwell * Barnabas Bidwell (1763– ...

Bidhawal
The Bidawal (also known as Bidhawal and Bidwell) were an Australian Aboriginal tribe of Gippsland, Victoria. According to Alfred William Howitt, the Bidawal were composed of "refugees from tribes". Language The Bidawal language was either a dialect of or closely related to the Kurnai language, which was spoken by the Kurnai tribes to the west. However, the Bidawal dialect had borrowed a number of words referring to mammals, birds and celestial bodies from Ngarigo, as well as a smaller number of words from Thawa and Dhudhuroa. The Bidawal called their own dialect ''muk-thang'' ("good speech"), and that of the neighbouring Kurnai ''gūnggala-dhang''. The Kurnai, however, called ''their'' own dialect ''muk-thang'', and that of the Bidawal ''kwai-thang'' ("rough speech"). Country Bidawal land, basically tough sclerophyl woodlands and rainforest, extended over , straddling the present borders of New South Wales and Victoria, from Green Cape, N.S.W., and Cape Everard, now Poi ...
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