Visitor experiences of aboriginal place names in colonial Victoria, Australia, 1834-1900

Title: Visitor experiences of aboriginal place names in colonial Victoria, Australia, 1834-1900
Creator: Clark, Ian
Date: 2016
Type: Text; Book chapter
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/102957
Identifier: vital:10817
Identifier: ISBN:9781783094929
Identifier: http://library.federation.edu.au/record=b2651412
Abstract: In a preliminary assessment of a literary triptych of travel through colonial Victoria, Australia, in the nineteenth century, each representing different time periods, a common thread was found in that all three shared an interest in Aboriginal place names. One traveler in particular, Isabella Bird, was affronted by her encounters with transplanted British place names that for her seemed semiotically incongruous. The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which these women's interest in place names in general and Kirkland's and Bird's preference for Indigenous toponymy was shared by other colonial travellers to Victoria.
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Relation: Names and Naming : People, Places, Perceptions and Power (Multilingual Matters series) Chapter 2 p. 18-31
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Rights: Culturally sensitive
Subject: Visitor experiences; Aboriginal place names; Colonial Victoria, Australia
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