The land is a map : placenames of indigenous origin in Australia /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Hercus, L. A. (Luise Anna), 1926-2018, Hodges, Flavia, Simpson, Jane Helen
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Canberra : ANU E Press, 2009.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Indigenous Placenames: An Introduction
  • The Concept Of Place Among The Arrernte
  • Transparency Versus Opacity In Aboriginal Placenames
  • Changing Places: European And Aboriginal Styles
  • Is It Really A Placename?
  • On The Translatability Of Placenames In The Wik Region, Cape York Peninsula
  • Names And Naming: Speaking Forms Into Place
  • 'I'm Going To Where-Her-Brisket-Is': Placenames In The Roper
  • The Archaism And Linguistic Connections Of Some Yir-Yoront Tract-Names
  • Some Remarks On Placenames In The Flinders
  • Blown To Witewitekalk: Placenames And Cultural Landscapes In North-West Victoria
  • Weeding Out Spurious Etymologies: Toponyms On The Adelaide Plains
  • Placenames In Yuwaalaraay, Yuwaaliyaay And Gamilaraay Languages Of North-West New South Wales
  • Naming The Dead Heart: Hillier's Map And Reuther's Gazetteer Of 2,468 Placenames In North-Eastern South Australia
  • 'What Name?': The Recording Of Indigenous Placenames In The Western Desert Of South Australia
  • 'What They Call That In The Whites?': Ngiyampaa And Other Placenames In A New South Wales Ngurrampaa
  • Creating Aborlginal Placenames: Applied Philology In Armidale City
  • Reclaiming Through Renaming: The Reinstatement Of Kaurna Toponyms In Adelaide And The Adelaide Plains
  • Appendix: Guidelines For The Recording And Use Of Aborlginal And Torres Strait Islander Placenames.