Aboriginal Placenames

Author : Luise Hercus,Harold Koch
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781921666094

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Aboriginal Placenames by Luise Hercus,Harold Koch Pdf

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.

Author : Alexander Wyclif Reed
Publisher : Aboriginal Library
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1876334002

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Aboriginal Place Names by Alexander Wyclif Reed Pdf

A.W. Reed. This new edition gives thousands of Aboriginal meanings from all over Australia. So many of our place names are derived from Aboriginal words but their origins and meanings are unknown to most Australians. This new edition of Aboriginal Place Names gives thousands of Aboriginal meanings from all over Australia, plus many new entries for places that have recently been given Aboriginal names.'

Author : Ian D. Clark,Luise Hercus,Laura Kostanski
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781925021639

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Indigenous and Minority Placenames by Ian D. Clark,Luise Hercus,Laura Kostanski Pdf

This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. Many of the chapters in this volume originated as papers at a Trends in Toponymy conference hosted by the University of Ballarat in 2007 that featured Australian and international speakers. The chapters in this volume provide insight into the quality of toponymic research that is being undertaken in Australia and in countries such as Canada, Finland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Norway. The research presented here draws on the disciplines of linguistics, geography, history, and anthropology. The book includes meticulous studies of placenames in central NSW and the Upper Hunter region; Gundungurra cave names; western Arnhem Land; Northern Cape York Peninsula and Mount Wheeler in Queensland; saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait; and the Kaurna in South Australia.

Author : Luise Hercus,Flavia Hodges,Jane Simpson
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781921536571

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The Land is a Map by Luise Hercus,Flavia Hodges,Jane Simpson Pdf

The entire Australian continent was once covered with networks of Indigenous placenames. These names often evoke important information about features of the environment and their place in Indigenous systems of knowledge. On the other hand, placenames assigned by European settlers and officials are largely arbitrary, except for occasional descriptive labels such as 'river, lake, mountain'. They typically commemorate people, or unrelated places in the Northern hemisphere. In areas where Indigenous societies remain relatively intact, thousands of Indigenous placenames are used, but have no official recognition. Little is known about principles of forming and bestowing Indigenous placenames. Still less is known about any variation in principles of placename bestowal found in different Indigenous groups. While many Indigenous placenames have been taken into the official placename system, they are often given to different features from those to which they originally applied. In the process, they have been cut off from any understanding of their original meanings. Attempts are now being made to ensure that additions of Indigenous placenames to the system of official placenames more accurately reflect the traditions they come from. The eighteen chapters in this book range across all of these issues. The contributors (linguistics, historians and anthropologists) bring a wide range of different experiences, both academic and practical, to their contributions. The book promises to be a standard reference work on Indigenous placenames in Australia for many years to come.

Author : G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg,Helen Akrigg
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780774841702

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British Columbia Place Names by G.P. (Philip) V. Akrigg,Helen Akrigg Pdf

Elephant Crossing. Houdini Needles. Miniskirt, Tickletoeteaser Tower, and Why Not Mountain. These are just some of the many names of places, rivers, mountains, and lakes that you will come across in the newest edition of British Columbia Place Names. This classic which, in its various editions, has sold over 29,000 copies, covers about 2,500 geographical features, cities, towns, and smaller communities in the province. The book abounds with fascinating historical facts, stories, and remarkable characters involved with the names of towns, cities, rivers, lakes, mountains, and islands. The selection was determined by the geographical importance of the feature as well as story of the naming. In the introduction the authors deal with the stages by which B.C. acquired its place names, the history of research into those names, and the categories into which they fall. The latter range from the honorific and commemorative to the comic and disrespectful. Aboriginal names receive particular attention. The location of each place is clearly indicated and the text is accompanied by detailed maps. Brief biographical accounts of persons with places named after them as well as an abundance of anecdotes make this a fascinating book for browsers and an invaluable resource for historians.

Author : Ian D. Clark,Toby Heydon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 0957936052

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Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames of Melbourne and Central Victoria by Ian D. Clark,Toby Heydon Pdf

Author : Gerhard Leitner,Ian G. Malcolm
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110197846

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The Habitat of Australia's Aboriginal Languages by Gerhard Leitner,Ian G. Malcolm Pdf

The languages of Aboriginal Australians have attracted a considerable amount of interest among scholars from such diverse fields as linguistics, political studies, archaeology or social history. As a result, there is a large number of studies on a variety of issues to do with Aboriginal Australian languages and the social contexts in which they are used. There is, however, no integrative reader that is easily accessible to the non-specialist in any of the areas concerned. The collection edited by Leitner and Malcolm fills this gap. Looking at Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and their changing habitats from pre-colonial times to the present, the book covers languages from a structural and functional linguistic perspective, moves on to the issue of cultural maintenance and then turns to language policy, planning and the educational and legal dimensions. Among the many themes discussed are: the social and linguistic history of language contact after 1788 (including the Macassans); the demographic base of indigenous languages; traditional indigenous languages; results of language contact such as the modification of traditional languages and the rise of contact languages (pidgins, creoles, esp. Kriol, Torres Strait Creole, and Aboriginal English); the impact of the Aboriginal languages on mainstream Australian English; maintenance, shift, revival and documentation of indigenous and contact languages; language planning; language in education; language in the media; language in the law courts. The contributors are leading experts in their fields. The book can serve as a reader for university courses but also as a state-of-the-art work and resource for specialists like applied linguists or educational planners.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Names, Geographical
ISBN : OCLC:219939130

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Aboriginal Place Names and Their Meanings by Anonim Pdf

Author : A.W. Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:901175447

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Aboriginal Place Names and Their Meanings by A.W. Reed Pdf

Author : Val Attenbrow
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9781742231167

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Sydney's Aboriginal Past by Val Attenbrow Pdf

Revealing the diversity of Aboriginal life in the Sydney region, this study examines a variety of source documents that discuss not only Aboriginal life before colonization in 1788 but also the early years of first contact. This is the only work to explore the minutiae of Sydney Aboriginal daily life, detailing the food they ate; the tools, weapons, and equipment they used; and the beliefs, ceremonial life, and rituals they practiced. This updated edition has been revised to include recent discoveries and the analyses of the past seven years, adding yet more value to this 2004 winner of the John Mulvaney award for best archaeology book from the Australian Archaeological Association. The inclusion of a special supplement that details the important sites in the Sydney region and how to access them makes the book especially appealing to those interested in visiting the sites.

Author : William Martin Beauchamp
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024617065

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Aboriginal Place Names of New York by William Martin Beauchamp Pdf

Author : Carolyn Podruchny,Laura Peers
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774859691

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Gathering Places by Carolyn Podruchny,Laura Peers Pdf

British traders and Ojibwe hunters. Cree women and their metis daughters. Explorers and anthropologists and Aboriginal guides and informants. These people, their relationships, and their complex identities were not featured in histories until the 1970s, when scholars from multiple disciplines brought new perspectives and approaches to bear on the past. Gathering Places presents some of the most innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to metis, fur trade, and First Nations history being practised today. Whether they are discussing dietary practices on the Plateau, the meanings of totemic signatures, or issues of representation in public history, the authors present novel explorations of evidence that extend beyond earlier histories centred on the archive. By drawing on archaeological, material, oral, and ethnographic evidence and by exploring personal approaches to history and scholarship, these essays mark a significant departure from the old paradigm of history writing and will serve as models for recovering Aboriginal and cross-cultural experiences and perspectives.

Author : Sue Jackson,Libby Porter,Louise C. Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317437161

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Planning in Indigenous Australia by Sue Jackson,Libby Porter,Louise C. Johnson Pdf

Planning in settler-colonial countries is always taking place on the lands of Indigenous peoples. While Indigenous rights, identity and cultural values are increasingly being discussed within planning, its mainstream accounts virtually ignore the colonial roots and legacies of the discipline’s assumptions, techniques and methods. This ground-breaking book exposes the imperial origins of the planning canon, profession and practice in the settler-colonial country of Australia. By documenting the role of planning in the history of Australia’s relations with Indigenous peoples, the book maps the enduring effects of colonisation. It provides a new historical account of colonial planning practices and rewrites the urban planning histories of major Australian cities. Contemporary land rights, native title and cultural heritage frameworks are analysed in light of their critical importance to planning practice today, with detailed case illustrations. In reframing Australian planning from a postcolonial perspective, the book shatters orthodox accounts, revising the story that planning has told itself for over 100 years. New ways to think and practise planning in Indigenous Australia are advanced. Planning in Indigenous Australia makes a major contribution towards the decolonisation of planning. It is essential reading for students and teachers in tertiary planning programmes, as well as those in geography, development studies, postcolonial studies, anthropology and environmental management. It is also vital reading for professional planners in the public, private and community sectors.

Author : Ian D. Clark,Toby Heydon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 0957936044

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Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames of Northwest Victoria by Ian D. Clark,Toby Heydon Pdf

Author : Alexander Wyclif Reed,compiler Reed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:225478313

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Aboriginal place names and their meanings by Alexander Wyclif Reed,compiler Reed Pdf