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Aboriginal placenames : naming and re-naming the Australian landscape / edited by Harold Koch and Luise Hercus.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Aboriginal History Monograph ; volume 19.
- Language:
- Australian languages
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Names, Geographical--Australia.
- Names, Geographical.
- Names, Personal--Aboriginal Australian.
- Names, Personal.
- Australia--Anthropology.
- Australia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (496 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts ; digital, PDF file(s)
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra ANU Press 2009
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, : ANU E Press, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations of their function and form. Recently, state jurisdictions have encouraged the adoption of a greater number of Indigenous names, sometimes alongside the accepted Anglo-Australian terms, around Sydney Harbour, for example. In some cases, the use of an introduced name, such as Gove, has been contested by local Indigenous people. The 19 studies brought together in this book present an overview of current issues involving Indigenous placenames across the whole of Australia, drawing on the disciplines of geography, linguistics, history, and anthropology. They include meticulous studies of historical records, and perspectives stemming from contemporary Indigenous communities. The book includes a wealth of documentary information on some 400 specific placenames, including those of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, western Victoria, the Lake Eyre district, the Victoria River District, and southwestern Cape York Peninsula.
- Contents:
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Old and new aspects of Indigenous place-naming
- NSW & ACT
- Victoria
- South Australia & Central Australia
- Northern Australia.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 9781921666094
- 1921666099
- 9781921666087
- 1921666080
- Publisher Number:
- 10.26530/OAPEN_458791
- Access Restriction:
- Open access Unrestricted online access
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