| ISBN |
9781925021622 (paperback) |
| Title |
Indigenous and minority placenames : Australian and international perspectives / edited by Ian D. Clark, Luise Hercus and Laura Kostanski. |
| Spine title |
Indigenous and minority placenames |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Acton, A.C.T. ANU Press, 2014. |
| ©2014. |
| Description |
xiii, 398 pages : illustrations (some in colour), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Aboriginal history monographs |
| Note |
Possibly no. 29 in the series. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: Indigenous and minority placenames - Australian and international perspectives / Ian D. Clark, Luise Hercus and Kaura Kostanski -- 2. Comitative placenames in central NSW / David Nash -- 3. The diminutive suffix -dool in placenames of central north NSW / David Nash -- 4. Placenames as a guide to language distribution in the Upper Hunter, and the landnam problem in Australian toponomastics / Jim Wafer -- 5. Illuminating the cave names of Gundungurra country / Jim Smith -- 6. Doing things with toponyms: the pragmatics of placenames in Western Arnhem land / Murray Garde -- 7. Locating Seven Rivers / Fiona Powell -- 8. 'Many were killed from falling over the cliffs': the naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland / Jonathan Richards -- 9. Saltwater placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait / Nick Piper -- 10. Pinning down Kaurna names: linguistic issues arising in the development of the Kaurna place names database / Rob Amery and Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin -- 11. One name for one place - but it is not always so / Luise Hercus -- 12. Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations? / Fred (David) Cahir -- 13. Multiple Aboriginal placenames in western and central Victoria / Ian D Clark -- 14. Dissonance surrounding the Aboriginal origin of a selection of placenames in Victoria, Australia: lessons in lexical ambiguity / Ian D Clark -- 15. Duel-names: how toponyms (placenames) can represent hegemonic histories and alternative narratives / Laura Kostanski -- 16. Water for country, words for water: Indigenous placenames of north-west Victoria and south-west New South Wales / Edward Ryan -- 17. Obtuse anglers: the linguistics and ethnography of fishing ground names on Norfolk Island / Joshua Nash -- 18. Sami placenames, power relations and representation / Kaisa Rautio Helander -- 19. Please adjust your bearings / Huia Pacey -- 20. Accommodating the Inuit majority: traditional placenames in Nunavut today / Lynn Peplinski -- 21. Khoisan indigenous toponymic identity in South Africa / Peter E Raper. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subjects |
Names, Geographical -- Aboriginal Australian |
| Names, Geographical -- Australia |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Clark, Ian D., 1958- (editor.) |
| Hercus, L. A. (Luise Anna), 1926- (editor.) |
| Kostanski, Laura (editor.) |
| Series |
Aboriginal history monograph |
| Call number |
305.89915 AHM no. 29 |
| Internet Site |
Online version available via ANU Press website |
