Opening Of Kaal Yimniny (expired event)

The City of Perth will be opening its first ever Whadjuk named public space – Kaal Yimniny – on the corner of Hay and Irwin Streets.

East End public space named Kaal yimniny meaning ‘fire here’ to recognise Whadjuk Nyoongar significance. The new precinct is the first of its kind where pedestrians have right of way and motorists’ speed limits will be reduced to 20km/h

The creation of a new public space on the corner of Hay and Irwin Streets offered a unique opportunity to give the space a Whadjuk Nyoongar name and continue to acknowledge, recognise and engage with the traditional owners of city lands - the Whadjuk Nyoongar people.

“On behalf of all Whadjuk Nyoongar people, we are absolutely over the moon that the City of Perth has agreed to use a Whadjuk Nyoongar name in recognition of the first peoples of the area,” Elder Advisory Group member Uncle Farley Garlett said.

Kaal yimniny refers to the area historically being used for fires, with the new space due to include overhead lighting, outdoor dining, seating, raised planters and endemic planting.