The land is a map : placenames of indigenous origin in Australia

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The land is a map : placenames of indigenous origin in Australia

edited by Luise Hercus, Flavia Hodges, Jane Simpson

Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University in association with Pacific Linguistics, c2002

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Summary: 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

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