Three nineteenth century colonial travellers to Victoria, Australia, and their preference for Aboriginal place names - An exploration

Title: Three nineteenth century colonial travellers to Victoria, Australia, and their preference for Aboriginal place names - An exploration
Creator: Clark, Ian
Date: 2011
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/60273
Identifier: vital:5282
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2143/ONO.46.0.2975533
Identifier: ISSN:0078-463X
Abstract: This paper presents the results of research into a literary triptych of accounts of travelling through colonial Victoria, Australia that cover the period from 1839 until 1872. In particular, a shared interest in Aboriginal toponymy is highlighted despite the fact that all three writers did not share a common interest in Aboriginal peoples themselves. The tourist gaze and avowed interest in the Aboriginal toponymic landscape is moderated by the dissonance felt by many colonial settlers who often sought to erase Indigenous names by transplanting British place names. © Onoma. All rights reserved.
Relation: Onoma Vol. 46, no. (2011), p. 151-165
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Rights: Culturally sensitive
Subject: 2004 Linguistics
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