 Booderee National Park and Booderee Botanic Gardens are the names chosen
by the Wreck Bay Aboriginal Community for the former Commonwealth Jervis
Bay National Park and Jervis Bay Botanic Gardens.Booderee is an Aboriginal word from the Dhurga language meaning
bay of
plenty or plenty of fish.
The White-bellied Sea Eagle is one of many birds you see around
the park. The white and grey eagle is the guardian of the
Aboriginal people of Wreck Bay, and is represented in the park logo.
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The National Park and Botanic Gardens were handed back to the Wreck Bay
Aboriginal Community in 1995. The Community and the Commonwealth
Government, through the Director of National Parks, now jointly manage the
Park and the Botanic Gardens.
