Editing Whyalla (section)

== Nomenclature ==
The origin of the name Whyalla is disputed. In 1916 it was referred to as the "native" name, having been ascribed during a survey conducted a few years beforehand.<ref name=RegisterPg6/> During the 1940s, [[Norman Tindale]], the ethnologist at the [[South Australian Museum]] believed that the name could have been derived from aboriginal words "Wajala", meaning "west" in a language common to [[Port Pirie]], or "Waiala", meaning "I don't know" in a language more common to [[Port Augusta]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195948881 |title=Nobody knows origin of name Whyalla |date=1941-10-17 |work=[[The Whyalla News]]|access-date=2017-09-27 |page=2 |via= Trove}}</ref> In 1945, [[BHP]] advised that the name had been taken from nearby Mount Whyalla, which lies northwest of Whyalla, roughly midway between the town and Iron Knob.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |title=PLB |website=maps.sa.gov.au |language=en |access-date=2017-09-27 |archive-date=12 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012010923/http://maps.sa.gov.au/plb/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other meanings ascribed to the word Whyalla include "dingo", "by the water",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article195958856 |title= Origin of the name Whyalla |date=1945-02-23 |work=The Whyalla News|access-date=2017-09-27 |page=1 |via= Trove }}</ref> and "a place of water".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62388800 |title=Whyalla |date=1919-10-11 |work= Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929) |access-date=2017-09-27 |page=8 |via= Trove }}</ref> Another hypothesis is that the name was brought by European settlers and was derived from a place called Whyalla in [[Durham, England]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196826300 |title= Origin of the name Whyalla |date=1949-03-11 |work=The Whyalla News|access-date=2017-09-27 |page=1 |via= Trove}}</ref>