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The land is a map

by L. A. Hercus, Flavia Hodges, Jane Helen Simpson, Luise Hercus, Jane Simpson

Geographical NamesCongressesAboriginal AustraliansNameAustralian indigenous studiesNames, geographical, australiaAustralian studies

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.

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