Indigenous and Minority Placenames : Australian and International Perspectives.

Preliminary pages -- Notes on Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Indigenous and Minority Placenames - Australian and International Perspectives -- 2. Comitative placenames in central NSW -- 3. The diminutive suffix ‑dool in placenames of central north NSW -- 4. Placenames as a guide to language distribution in the Upper Hunter, and the landnám problem in Australian toponomastics -- 5. Illuminating the cave names of Gundungurra country -- 6. Doing things with toponyms: The pragmatics of placenames in Western Arnhem Land -- 7. Locating Seven Rivers -- 8. 'Many were killed from falling over the cliffs':1 The naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland -- 9. Saltwater Placenames around Mer in the Torres Strait -- 10. Pinning down Kaurna names: Linguistic issues arising in the development of the Kaurna Placenames Database -- 11. One name for one Place - but it is not always so -- 12. Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations? -- 13. Multiple Aboriginal placenames in western and central Victoria -- 14. Dissonance surrounding the Aboriginal origin of a selection of placenames in Victoria, Australia: Lessons in lexical ambiguity -- 15. Duel-Names: How toponyms (placenames) can represent hegemonic histories and alternative narratives -- 16. Water for country, words for water: Indigenous placenames of north-west Victoria and south-west New South Wales -- 17. Obtuse anglers: The linguistics and ethnography of fishing ground names on Norfolk Island -- 18. Sámi placenames, power relations and representation -- 19. Please adjust your bearings… -- 20. Accommodating the Inuit majority: Traditional placenames in Nunavut today -- 21. Khoisan indigenous toponymic identity in South Africa.

This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally. 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.

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