Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations?

Title: Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations?
Creator: Cahir, David (Fred)
Date: 2014
Type: Text; Book chapter
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/100893
Identifier: vital:10615
Identifier: http://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2615844
Identifier: ISBN:9781925021622 (pbk); 9781925021639 (ebk)
Abstract: The archival records of many squatters in 19th century Victoria (formerly known as the Port Phillip District) often contain brief references to the processes involved in and decisions that led to the naming of their pastoral leases. This documentation is hardly surprising given that a squatter wishing to obtain a pastoral license would have to register a legal document with the colonial government, stating among other things the name of the run. What is perplexing is why a large number of pastoralists chose an Indigenous name - given that squatters were not under any instructions to bestow 'native names' whenever possible - unlike the surveyors who came after them.
Publisher: ANU Press
Relation: Indigenous and minority placenames : Australian and international perspectives (Aboriginal history series) Chapter 12 p. 225-238
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Rights: Culturally sensitive
Subject: Indigenous placenames; Minority placemames; Toponymy
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