Day 1 |
Keynote Speaker |
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Mr Bill Watt
Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia & Geographical Names Unit, Land Services group, Department of Transport Energy & Infrastructure
South Australia
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Indigenous placenames – An international and national summary |
Paper Session 1 |
Associate Professor Ian Clark
University of Ballarat
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From doublets to quintuplets: Multiple Aboriginal placenames in Victoria, Australia |
Mr David ‘Fred’ Cahir
University of Ballarat
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Why did squatters in colonial Victoria use Indigenous placenames for their sheep stations? An examination of some possible reasons for why pastoralists in 19 th century Victoria chose to appropriate Indigenous language when naming their pastoral lease |
Dr Jani Vuolteenaho
Department of Geography
University of Helsinki Finland
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Silenced toponymies? Four excursions into the history of geography |
Paper Session 2 |
Dr Rob Amery
Linguistics School of Humanities
University of Adelaide &
Mr Vincent (Jack) Kanya Buckskin
Kaurna Warra Pintyandi and University of Adelaide
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Pinning down Kaurna names: Linguistic issues arising in the development of the Kaurna Placenames Database |
Day 2 |
Paper Session 3 |
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Kaisa Rautio Helander
Sámi University College
Guovdageaidnu Norway
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Onomastic notions on naming and renaming in the context of Indigenous toponymy |
Professor Adrian Koopman
University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa
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Engaging with the landscape: A comparative analysis of English, Afrikaans and Zulu toponyms in KwaZulu – Natal |
Paper Session 4 |
Mr Bill Watt
Committee for Geographical Names in Australasia & Geographical Names Unit, Land Services group, Department of Transport Energy & Infrastructure, South Australia
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Kaurna placenames web site
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Mr John A Taylor (Dec)
Honorary Research Associate, Riawunna, University of Tasmania
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Decoding the Palawa (Indigenous) placenames of Tasmania |
Dr Jonathan Richards
Research Fellow, Centre for Public Culture and Ideas Griffith University
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Many were killed from falling over the cliffs: The naming of Mount Wheeler, Central Queensland |
Paper Session 5 |
Dr Luise Hercus
Australian National University, Canberra
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The Emus must have been there first |
Mr Edward (Ted) Ryan |
From Wandjin Marungu to Gromelak and beyond, Indigenous placenames of north west Victoria and south west New South Wales. |
Day 4 |
Keynote Address |
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Mr John E Tulloch
Surveyor-General of Victoria Chair, Surveyors Registration Board of Victoria
Registrar of Geographic Names |
Indigenous placenames in Victoria: Government policy and research initiatives |
Paper Session 6 |
Ms Laura Kostanski
University of Ballarat
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Where the bloody hell are we?: Tourism and Indigenous placenames |
Paper Session 7 |
Lynn Peplinski
Inuit Heritage Trust Canada
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Accommodating the minority, again (or still) |
Mr Guy Puzey
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
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Minority placenames on signs: Policies and controversies in Scotland and Italy |
Ms Huia Pacey
Tuwharetoa Ngai Tahu, New Zealand
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Please adjust your bearings – the name of this land is not Section 5, Block Vll, Gore Survey District! |
Paper Session 8 |
Dr Jan Tent & Ms Helen Slatyer
Department of Linguistics Macquarie University
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Naming places on the ‘Southland’: European place-naming practices from 1606 to 1803 |
Mr Ian Kendall
Victorian Committee Member
Australian National Placenames Survey, Melbourne
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The frequency of use of Indigenous names as urban and suburban placenames in English-speaking cities around the world.
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Paper Session 9 |
Dr Peter E Raper
Research Associate
Unit for Language Management University of the Free State Bloemfontein South Africa
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Khoisan Indigenous toponymic identity in South Africa |
