The Wathawurrung people's encounters with outside forces 1797 -1849 : a history of conciliation and conflict

- Cahir, David (Fred)

Title
The Wathawurrung people's encounters with outside forces 1797 -1849 : a history of conciliation and conflict
Creator
Cahir, David (Fred)
Date
2001
Type
Text; Thesis; Masters
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/32645
Identifier
vital:4115
Abstract
Master of Arts; One of the difficulties in writing a regional history such as this thesis was the sensitivity surrounding the appropriate choice of terminology and spelling conventions. Conflicts have arisen between conforming to the standardisations of the History Discipline and a desire to accommodate the wishes of the indigenous communities in the geographical area of this study. The absence of trained linguists in the white community during the initial colonisation period has resulted in a considerable divergence of opinion over the nomenclature and spelling derivatives surrounding the indigenous people living in what is no w known as the Geelong-Ballarat region. The first white chroniclers referred to the Wathawurrung by a myriad of different names (over 100 different names were recorded by Clark for the people in this study area) including: Watowrong, Wartowrong, Wot o wrong, Watourong, Wodowrow . Throughout the text ofthis work 1 have applied the term Wathawurrung' to all indigenous groups in primary documents that involve the known language area of the Wathawurrung. Where there is some doubt as to which tribe is being referred to 1 have included other language groups that the writer ma y have also been referring to. " From Preface"
Publisher
The Author [Mt.Helen, Vic.] :
Rights
Open Access
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Rights
Culturally sensitive
Subject
Aboriginal Australians
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