Aboriginal Placenames Naming and re-naming the Australian landscape

• 1. autor: Koch, Harold (auth)
• Kolejni autorzy: Hercus, Luise (auth)
• Format: Elektroniczne Rozdział
• Język: angielski
• Wydane: Canberra ANU Press 2009
• Seria: Aboriginal History Monograph 19
• Hasła przedmiotowe: Anthropology; aboriginal australians; names; Indigenous Australians; Locative case; Toponymy; Vowel
• Dostęp online: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Streszczenie

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.

ISBN

OAPEN_458791
9781921666094

Ograniczenie dostępu

Open Access