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Innaloo was originally named '''Njookenbooroo''' (sometimes spelt Ngurgenboro, Noorgenbora or similar variants), believed to be derived from the local [[Noongar]] name for [[Herdsman Lake]] or a nearby [[wetland]].<ref>{{cite book | title = Mooro Nyoongar Katitjin Bidi (Mooro People's Knowledge Trail) | page = 4| publisher = City of Stirling and Curtin University Sustainability Policy Institute | date =2014 | url =https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/documents-and-publications/your-city/about-stirling/mooro-people-s-knowledge-trail | access-date= 2021-09-24 }}</ref>
The spelling and pronunciation (e.g. "ny-ooken-borra") were deemed to be difficult to those unfamiliar with the name; in 1927, the local progress association asked welfare worker and anthropologist [[Daisy Bates (Australia)|Daisy Bates]] to compile a list of possible alternative names, drawn from various Aboriginal languages. Bates' rendering of the personal name of
Nevertheless, some local landmarks are still named "Nookenburra" – another variation of the original name.
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