Tyrell and McCarthy both give “Water breaking over rocks” as the meaning for Bondi, Sydney's famous beachside suburb.  McCarthy, F.D.  New South Wales Aboriginal Place Names and Euphonious Words, with Their Meanings . Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1963. Tyrrell, James R. Australian Aboriginal Place-Names and Their Meanings . Sydney: Tyrrell's Pty. Ltd., 1933 (reprinted 1944, 1949, 1951, 1953). They are two of a number of people who compiled and published lists of Aboriginal