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Indigenous toponymy - Part 2

Tent, Jan

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In our previous issue (September 2018) we looked at the nature of the Aboriginal toponymic system, particularly the ways in which Indigenous placenaming practices di er from European ones. In this instalment of the series, we�ll brie y look at how words and placenames from Aboriginal languages have been incorporated into the toponymy of Australian English. We encounter such names on maps, on road-side signs and in our postal addresses: they are well established in what we refer to as the...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorTent, Jan
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-26T23:57:25Z
dc.date.available2019-11-26T23:57:25Z
dc.identifier.issn1836-7976
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/186739
dc.description.abstractIn our previous issue (September 2018) we looked at the nature of the Aboriginal toponymic system, particularly the ways in which Indigenous placenaming practices di er from European ones. In this instalment of the series, we�ll brie y look at how words and placenames from Aboriginal languages have been incorporated into the toponymy of Australian English. We encounter such names on maps, on road-side signs and in our postal addresses: they are well established in what we refer to as the �Introduced� system.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.publisherPlacenames Australia
dc.rights© 2018 Placenames Australia
dc.sourceNewsletter of the Australian National Placenames Survey
dc.titleIndigenous toponymy - Part 2
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
dc.date.issued2018-12
local.identifier.absfor200406 - Language in Time and Space (incl. Historical Linguistics, Dialectology)
local.identifier.absfor200319 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages
local.identifier.ariespublicationu9803255xPUB2442
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.anps.org.au
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationTent, Jan, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.bibliographicCitation.issueDecember 2018
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage10
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage12
local.identifier.absseo970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture
local.identifier.absseo950503 - Understanding Australia's Past
local.identifier.absseo959999 - Cultural Understanding not elsewhere classified
dc.date.updated2020-12-20T07:45:54Z
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