Various authors, technical linguistic studies of the encoding of particular syntactic functions across many Australian languages. Discussion of ?having? suffix, suffix -ku, syntactic ergativity, and verbal auxiliaries.Mapslinguistics, case relations in languages, pama-nyungan languages

"This edited volume represents the first book-length study of the history of research on Australian Aboriginal languages, and collects together 18 original papers on a wide variety of topics, spanning the period from first settlement to the present day. The introduction sets the scene for the book by presenting an overview of the history of histories of research on the languages of Australia , and identifying some of the major issues in Aboriginal linguistic historiography as well as directions for future investigations. Part 1 presents three detailed investigations of the history of work on particular languages and regions.The eight papers of Part 2 study and re-evaluate the contributions of particular individuals, most of who are somewhat marginal or have been marginalised in Aboriginal linguistics. Part 3 consists of six studies specific linguistic topics: sign language research, language revival, pidgins and creoles, fieldwork, Fr. Schmidt's work on personal pronouns, and the discovery that Australia was a multilingual continent. Overall, the volume presents two major challenges to Australianist orthodoxy. First, the papers challenge the typically anachronistic approaches to the history of Aboriginal linguistics, and reveal the need to examine previous research in the context of their times - and the advantages of doing so to contemporary understanding and language documentation. Second, the widespread presumption that the period 1910-1960 represented the 'dark ages' of Aboriginal linguistics, characterised by virtually no linguistic work, is refuted by a number of studies in the present volume."B&w photographs, maps

A dictionary of South Australian Pidgin English, spoken primarily between Aboriginals and Europeans in South Australia in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is a valuable resource for those engaged with historical and literary texts that in the past have often proved difficult to those not trained in pidgin linguistics.Word listssouth australian languages, nunga, kaurna, pidgin english

Introduction /? John Henderson and David Nash Language and native title /? John Henderson Linguistic evidence and native title cases in Australia /? Peter Sutton Linguistic continuity in colonised country /? Jeanie Bell Country and the word: linguistic evidence in the Croker Sea claim /? Nicholas Evans Linguistics and the Yorta Yorta native title claim /? Heather Bowe The language of the Peak Hill Aboriginal people: a linguistic report in a native title claim /? Tamsin Donaldson Labels, language and native title groups: the Miriuwung-Gajerrong case /? Greg McIntyre and Kim Doohan Historical linguistic geography of south-east Western Australia /? David Nash Language ownership: a key issue for native title /? Michael Walsh Can lexicostatistics contribute an absolute time-scale to discussions of continuity of occupation in native title determinations? /? Barry Alpher Linguistic stratigraphy and native title: the case of ethnonyms /? Patrick McConvell Making your skin fit properly: displaced equivalence in 'skin' systems in the Barkly /? Gavan BreenMaps, tables, b&w diagramsyorta yorta, yoda yoda, yabala yabala, bangerang, shepparton, miriuwung, gajerrong, native title

"Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations of their function and form. Recently, state jurisdictions have encouraged the adoption of a greater number of Indigenous names, sometimes alongside the accepted Anglo-Australian terms, around Sydney Harbour, for example. In some cases, the use of an introduced name, such as Gove, has been contested by local Indigenous people." "The 19 studies brought together in this book present an overview of current issues involving Indigenous placenames across the whole of Australia, drawing on the disciplines of geography, linguistics, history, and anthropology. They include meticulous studies of historical records, and perspectives stemming from contemporary Indigenous communities. The book includes a wealth of documentary information on some 400 specific placenames, including those of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, western Victoria, the Lake Eyre district, the Victoria River District, and southwestern Cape York Peninsula." -- Publisher description. Contents: Introduction: Old and new aspects of Indigenous place-naming /? Harold Koch and Luise Hercus NSW &? ACT: 1. Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia: sources and uncertainties /? Val Attenbrow 2. Reinstating Aboriginal placenames around Port Jackson and Botany Bay /? Jakelin Troy and Michael Walsh 3. The recognition of Aboriginal placenames in New South Wales /? Greg Windsor 4. New insights into Gundungurra place naming /? Jim Smith 5. The methodology of reconstructing Indigenous placenames: Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales /? Harold Koch Victoria: 6. Toponymic books and the representation of Indigenous identities /? Laura Kostanski 7. Reviving old Indigenous names for new purposes /? Laura Kostanski and Ian D. Clark 8. Reconstruction of Aboriginal microtoponymy in western and central Victoria: case studies from Tower Hill, the Hopkins River, and Lake Boga /? Ian Clark South Australia &? Central Australia: 'Aboriginal names of places in southern South Australia': placenames in the Norman B.Tindale collection of papers /? Paul Monaghan 10. Why Mulligan is not just another Irish name: Lake Callabonna, South Australia /? J.C. McEntee 11. Murkarra, a landscape nearly forgotten: the Arabana country of the noxious insects, north and northwest of Lake Eyre /? Luise Hercus 12. Some area names in the far north-east of South Australia /? Luise Hercus 13. Placenames of central Australia: European records and recent experience /? Richard Kimber Northern Australia: 14. Naming Bardi places /? Claire Bowern 15. Dog-people: the meaning of a north Kimberley story /? Mark Clendon 16. 'Where the spear sticks up': the variety of locatives in placenames in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory /? Patrick McConvell 17. 'This place already has a name' /? Melanie Wilkinson, Dr R. Marika and Nancy M. Williams 18. Manankurra: what's in a name? placenames and emotional geographies /? John J. Bradley and Amanda Kearney 19. Kurtjar placenames /? Paul Black.Maps, b&w photographs, tables, word listsaustralian placenames, sociolinguistics, linguistics, anthropology, sydney harbour placenames, blue mountains placenames, canberra placenames, western victoria placenames, lake eyre placenames, victoria river district placenames, cape york peninsula placenames

A series of studies of aspects of language and culture in different parts of Aboriginal Australia. It includes ?language ownership?, historical aspects and how Aboriginal languages are now being used in media and education.Maps, word listssociolinguistics, linguistics, social history

Various authors: technical linguistic studies of genetic classification of Australian languages, Daly family languages, and some language-specific notes on South Australian languages.Maps, word listsdaly, gugada, wirangu, dieri, tyemeri, mulluk, linguistics, grammatical theory, phonology,

Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy presents the dynamics of language and literacy policy activism in Australia by capturing accounts of many of those most deeply engaged in Australia?s distinctive practice of Language and Literacy policy-making and its effects. This book describes how policy texts came about. 1. From policy to anti-policy: how fear of language rights took policy-making out of community hands /? Joseph Lo Bianco 2. Australia's language /? Paul Brock 3. Politics, activism and processes of policy production: adult literacy in Australia /? Rosie Wickert 4. Although it wasn't broken, it certainly was fixed: interventions in the Australian Adult Migrant English Program 1991-1996 /? Helen Moore 5. Advocating the sustainability of linguistic diversity /? Michael Singh 6. The cost of literacy for some /? Anthea Taylor 7. (E)merging discourses at work: bringing together new and old ways to account for workplace literacy policy /? Geraldine Castleton 8. The melody changes but the dance goes on - tracking adult literacy education in Western Australia from 'learning for life' to 'lifelong learning': policy impacts on practice 1973-1999 /? Margaret McHugh, Jennifer Nevard and Anthea Taylor 9. Sleight of hand: job myths, literacy and social capital /? Ian Falk 10. National literacy benchmarks and the outstreaming of ESL learners /? Penny McKay 11. Open for business: the market, the state and adult literacy in Australia up to and beyond 2000 /? Peter Kell 12. Inventiveness and regression: interpreting/?translating and the vicissitudes of Australian language policy /? Uldis Ozolins 13. Deafness and sign language in government policy documents 1983-1990 /? Des Power 14. Imprisoned by a landmark narrative? Student/?teacher ratios and the making of policy /? Merilyn Childs 15. Ideologies, languages, policies: Australia's ambivalent relationship with learning to communicate in 'other' languages /? Angela Scarino and Leo Papademetre 16. Reconciled to what? Reconciliation and the Norther Territory's bilingual education program, 1973-1998 /? Christine Nicholls 17. Sing out that song: the textual activities of social technologies in an Aboriginal community /? Jack Frawley.language activism, linguistic diversity, adult literacy, education, sign language, reconciliation, esl programs

"The relation of Aboriginality to English has important implications for communication between Aborigines and other Australians, and especially for the education of Aboriginal and other Australian children within a context of reconciliation." Executive summary "The relationship between Aboriginal English and Australian English requires an appropriate educational response, and the report concludes by providing the rationale for two way bidialectal education which is the best way in which Aboriginality and English may thrive together within a schooling which will relate meaningfully to a life experience in which both English dialects have an important place". Executive summaryword lists, tableslinguistics, education, reconciliation, sociolinguistics

A first attempt to make a complete collection of all recorded Aboriginal names of towns, shores, homesteads, rivers, swamps, mountains and other natural features of south-east Australia. Gives meanings.word listsvocabulary, word lists, south east australian languages

Original text of comprehensive detail of Mathew?s observations and theories on Origin of Species of Aboriginal People, Traditional Lifestyles, Art and Social Customs. Includes maps and word lists and meanings.

Various authors: studies of wider patterns in Aboriginal language and culture, including migration, tool exchange, and particularly the role of linguistic evidence in establishing historical connections between Australian tribes as well as further afield in the Australasian region.B&w illustrations, b&w photographs, maps, word listsanthropological linguistics

The book describes the way politicians, church leaders, generals, leaders if national movements and others try to influence our use of language. It is argued that language planning is never attempted of its own sake, rather it is carried out for the attainment of non-linguistic ends.Maps, tables, word listssociolinguistics, linguistics, linguistics in australia

A non-technical introduction and survey of seventeen Australian languages from across the continent; various authors. Simple grammatical information and wordlists organised by meaning. Introduction describing characteristics of Australian languages and relationship to kinship systems, address list of language centres, each language chapter has introduction, notes on wordlist, spelling and pronunciation, grammar and extensive wordlist in 26 or more categories; language index and English index; chapters annotated separately.Word lists, mapslinguistics, glossaries, vocabularies

Extracts from a collection of original manuscripts held in the Mitchell Library. Mainly concerning vocabularies of the people of South Eastern Australia.b&w illustrations, word lists, document reproductionswaverong, woiwurring, boonerong, boonwurrung, waddowerong, wathawurrung, wadouro, wadowro, wadower, jarcoort, manemate, biggah, maneroo, cape how, twofold bay, wimmera, glenelg language, mutte mutte, madhi madhi, watte watte, wadi wadi, boomerong, george augustus robinson

A comprehensive vocabulary of Western District languages Djab Wurrung, Peek Woorong and Dhauwurd Wurrung. Includes a vocabulary of birds and reptiles, and relationship terms for each language.word lists, b&w photographswestern district, chaap wuurong, djab wurrung, peek whuurong, peek woorong, kuurn kopan noot, dhauwurd wurrung, birds, reptiles, relationship terms

Gunditjmara Country is an integrated unit which looks at the lives, traditions and culture of the Gunditjmara People of Western Victoria. Developed as part of the Kormilda Science Project and targeted at all Australian students, this work recognises the need for Western and Indigenous cultures to contribute to the comprehensive education of Australia's youth. The introduction provides a guide to implementing this program of study in schools and includes feedback from teachers involved in trialling the material.gunditjmara, western victoria, education, curriculum development, geography, science, history, secondary school education

This book is about the directions being taken in Australia to develop an Aboriginal curriculum in schools. Kevin Keeffe describes, analyses and criticises the meaning and place of Aboriginal culture in the Australian curriculum.b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrationseducation, study and teaching, curriculum development