The land is a map
Subtitle: placenames of indigenous origin in Australia
By: edited by Luise Hercus, Flavia Hodges, Jane Simpson.
Contributors: Hercus, L. A. 1926-; Hodges, Flavia.; Simpson, Jane Helen.
Publisher: Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University in association with Pacific Linguistics
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Aboriginal Australians -- Name -- Congresses.; Names, Geographical -- Australia -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.