ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANA

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. Very little is known about this system, but this book covers everything that is known.

• xxiv, 304 p. : ill., maps, port. ; 30 cm. #061224
• (Only a library stamp on prelims and label removed.)
• First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject:
  • Language – Sociolinguistics – Secret and special languages
  • Language
  • Language – Vocabulary – Place names
  • Ngiyampaa / Ngempa language D22
  • Yuwaalaraay / Euahlayi / Yuwaaliyaay people (D27) (NSW SH55-07)
  • Yir Yoront people (Y72) (Qld SD54-15)
  • Gamilaraay / Gamilaroi / Kamilaroi people (D23) (NSW SH55-12)
  • Kaurna language L3
  • Arrernte / Aranda people (C8) (NT SG53-02)
  • Adelaide map area (SE SA SI54-09)
  • Cape York map area (Qld TSI SC54-12)
  • Wimmera (NW Vic SJ54-03)
  • Roper River map area (East Arnhem Land NT SD53-11)
  • Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)
  • Adelaide (SE SA SI54-09)
  • Armidale (NSW N Coast SH56-10)
  • Flinders Ranges (NE SA SH54-09, SH54-13)

  Subject:

  • Names, Geographical — Aboriginal Australian — Congresses
  • Names, Geographical — Australia — Congresses

  Other authors/contributors:

  • Hercus, L. A. (Luise Anna), 1926-2018
  • Hodges, Flavia
  • Simpson, Jane Helen