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'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.' (Source: Publishers website)
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Warning: Readers are notified that this publication may contain names or images of deceased persons. (Inside front cover)
Contents
- Introduction : Old and New Aspects of Indigenous Place-naming, single work criticism (p. 1-5)
- Aboriginal Placenames Around Port Jackson and Botany Bay, New South Wales Australia : Sources and Uncertainies, single work non-fiction (p. 9-54)
- Reinstating Aboriginal Placenames around Port Jackson and Botany, single work criticism (p. 55-69)
- The Recognition of Aboriginal Placenames in New South Wales, single work criticism (p. 71-86)
- New Insights into Gundungurra Place Naming, single work non-fiction (p. 87-114)
- The Methodology of Reconstructing Indigenous Placenames : Australian Capital Territory and South-Eastern New South Wales, single work criticism (p. 115-171)
- Toponymic Books and the Representation of Indigenous Identities, single work non-fiction (p. 175-187)
- Reviving Old Indigenous Names for New Purposes, single work criticism (p. 189-206)
- Reconstruction of Aboriginal Microtoponymy in Western and Central Victoria, single work criticism (p. 207-221)
- Aboriginal Names of Places in Southern South Australia, single work criticism (p. 225-250)
- Why Mulligan is Not Just Another Irish Name : Lake Callabonna, South Australia, single work non-fiction (p. 251-255)
- Murkarra, A Landscape Nearly Forgotten : The Arabana Country of the Noxious Insects, North and Northwest of Lake Eyre, single work criticism (p. 257-272)
- Some Area Names in the Far North-east of South Australia, single work criticism (p. 273-285)
- Placenames of Central Australia : Early European Records and Recent Experience, single work criticism (p. 287-323)
- Naming Bardi Places, single work non-fiction (p. 327-345)
- Dog-People : The Meaning of a North Kimberley Story, single work non-fiction (p. 347-357)
- 'Where the Spear Sticks Up' : The Variety of Locatives in Placenames in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, single work criticism (p. 359-402)
- 'This Place Already has a Name', single work criticism (p. 403-462)
- What's in a Name? Placenames and Emotional Geographies, single work non-fiction (p. 463-480)
- Kurtjar Placenames, single work criticism (p. 481-496)
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- Victoria,
- South Australia,
- Port Jackson, Sydney Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Botany Bay, Botany area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
- Northern Territory,
- Central Australia,
- Northern Australia,