Aboriginal Place Names

Aboriginal Place Names

Author: Alexander Wyclif Reed

Publisher: New Holland Pub Pty Limited

ISBN: 1876334002

Category: Foreign Language Study

Page: 135

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"Where does the name Cooloongatta come from? What does Uluru mean? So many of our place names are derived from Aboriginal words, but their orgins and meaning are unknown to most Australians. This new edition gives thousands of Aboriginal meanings from all over Australia, plus many new entries for places that have recently been given Aboriginal names."--BOOK COVER.
Aboriginal Place Names
Language: en
Pages: 135

Aboriginal Place Names

Authors: Alexander Wyclif Reed
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: New Holland Pub Pty Limited

"Where does the name Cooloongatta come from? What does Uluru mean? So many of our place names are derived from Aboriginal words, but their orgins and meaning are unknown to most Australians. This new edition gives thousands of Aboriginal meanings from all over Australia, plus many new entries for places
Aboriginal Place Names of New York
Language: en
Pages: 333

Aboriginal Place Names of New York

Authors: William Martin Beauchamp
Categories: Names, Geographical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1971 - Publisher:

Books about Aboriginal Place Names of New York
Aboriginal Place Names
Language: en
Pages:

Aboriginal Place Names

Authors: Dorothy Tunbridge
Categories: Names, Geographical
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher:

Explains significance of Aboriginal place names with examples from Adnyamathanha mythology; examines principles of place naming and difficulties of orthographic representation of Aboriginal phonemes; advocates active recording of place names and proposes draft policy for preferring Aboriginal names.
Lilliput Aboriginal Place Names
Language: en
Pages: 543

Lilliput Aboriginal Place Names

Authors: Alexander Wyclif Reed
Categories: Australian languages
Type: BOOK - Published: 1976 - Publisher:

Books about Lilliput Aboriginal Place Names
Aboriginal Placenames
Language: en
Pages: 496

Aboriginal Placenames

Authors: Luise Hercus, Harold Koch
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-10-01 - Publisher: ANU E Press

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