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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, RMW Dixon et al, Australian Aboriginal words in English : their origin and meaning, 1990
A detailed study and dictionary of English words that have been borrowed from Australian languages. Entries organised by category and include quotes from relevant sources. Etymologies and source languages given wherever possible.B&w illustrations, maps, word listswords and phrases, linguistics, sociolinguistics -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, RMW Dixon, Searching for Aboriginal languages : memoirs of a field worker, 1984
"...this book provides a fascinating picture of life in northeast Queensland between 1963 and 1977. It also provides an insight into how linguists work, how they gather their information, and how they interpret it."b&w photographs, colour photographsqueensland, languages, linguists, linguistics, field work, biography, northeast queensland -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sydney J Endacott, Australian Aboriginal words and place names and their meanings, 1985
Word list with definitions. (Appear to be different printings)B&w photographs, word lists -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sydney J Endacott, Australian Aboriginal words and place names and their meanings, 1985
Cover has subtitle: A choice of 3,000 pleasant-sounding words from which to choose an appropriate Australian name.word listsglossaries, vocabularies -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Gerhard Leitner, The habitat of Australia's aboriginal languages : past, present, and future, 2007
yolgnu, northern territory, aboriginal english, sociolinguistics, language maintenance, language and education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Justin Kenyon, The Aboriginal word book, 1964
word lists -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, New South Wales Aboriginal place names and euphonious words, with their meanings, 1959
Includes map of NSW tribes, and numerical cross-referencing to those tribes if the language of the place name is known.Maps, word lists -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal place names and their meanings, 1994
Lists place names and gives simple meanings. Designates which State the word comes from.word listsplace names, word lists, linguistics -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, A W Reed, Aboriginal words of Australia, 1994
Provides word list, no meanings and does not define which language it isWord lists, b&w illustrationslinguistics, language dictionaries -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Aboriginal words and place names, 1982
B&w illustrations, word listsplace names, word lists, linguistics -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Nick Thieberger, Macquarie Aboriginal words, 2007
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 -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Nick Thieberger, Macquarie aboriginal words, 1995
Word lists, mapslinguistics, word lists -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Daniel Bunce, Language of the Aborigines of the Colony of Victoria, and other Australian districts : with parallel translations and familiar specimens in dialogue, as a guide to Aboriginal protectors, and others engaged in ameliorating their condition, 1859
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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark et al, Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Gippsland and Northeast Victoria, 2002
Includes Indigenous and European place names, gives their origins.maps, b&w photographs -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark et al, Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Melbourne and Central Victoria, 2002
Dictionary including Indigenous and European place names. Origins are given.maps, b&w photographsdaung wurrung, woiwurrung, dja dja wurrung, wathawurrung, wadawurrung, boon wurrung, jardwadjali, melbourne, yarra, baw baw, central goldfields, bass coast, greater geelong, south gippsland, surf coast, yarra ranges, golden plains, mornington peninsula, yarra ranges, ballarat, frankston, greater dandenong, queenscliffe, moorabool, boroondara -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark et al, Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Northwest Victoria, 2002
Dictionary including Indigenous and European place names. Origins are given.maps, b&w photographsgrampians, hindmarsh, horsham, ararat, gannawarra, mildura, swan hill, glenelg, djabwurrung, djadjawurrung, jardwadjali, dadidadi, wergaia, wembawemba, barababaraba, wadi wadi, wathawurrung, ladji ladji -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark et al, Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Southwest Victoria, 2002
Dictionary including Indigenous and European place names. Origins are given.maps, b&w photographsdhauwurd wurrung, giraiwurrung, djargurd wurrung, gadubanud, buandig, gulidjan, moyne, corangamite, colac-otway, wimmera, glenelg, warrnambool -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, The papers of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate : volume four : annual and occasional reports : 1841-1849, 2001
This is a collection of Official Reports from the Chief Protector of Aborigines. It includes expedition reports to the Western Interior, 1841, a journey of 1,100 miles to the tribes of the North West and Western Interior, 1845 and Annual Reports.document reproductionsport phillip protectorate, george augustus robinson, western district, noorat, lake boloke, lake bolac, lake corangemite, portland, koroit, koonong wootong, burrumbeep, tarecurrumbeet, wimmera, lake hindmarsh, rivoli bay, mount gambier, murray river, swan hill, goulburn, loddon, mount rouse -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Dr Ian D Clark et al, Language resources : a report to the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages for the Wurundjeri Land Tribe Compensation and Cultural Heritage Council Inc, 1998
Language resources for a number of Victorian Indigenous languages.daungwurrung, taungurung, woiwurrung, woi wurrung, yorta yorta, way wurru, dhudhuroa, wadiwadi, wadi wadi, wembawemba, wemba wemba, wathawurrung, wathaurong -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, R M W Dixon, The handbook of Australian languages : volume 4, the Aboriginal language of Melbourne and other grammatical sketches, 1991
maps, word lists, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Recommended books for Aboriginal studies, 1992
Includes principles for review and evaluation of materials; reviews of suitable material for junior primary, primary, junior secondary, senior secondary; not recommended list; includes title index, subject and level index, general index.B&w illustrationscurriculum development, secondary school education, primary schools education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Stephen Harris, Two-way Aboriginal schooling : education and cultural survival, 1990
In a time where more communities are moving towards control of their children?s education, the author explores the theoretical concept of bicultural schooling and its practical implications in the classroom.mapsbilingual education, multicultural education, biculturalism -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ed Brumby, Language problems and Aboriginal education, 1977
A collection of essays about language retention, differences and bilingual education.b&w photographs, tables, word listsbilingualism in australia, linguistics, bilingual education, aboriginal english -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian Malcolm et al, Towards more user-friendly education for speakers of Aboriginal English, 1999
tablesaboriginal english, education, literacy -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian Malcolm et al, Two-way English : towards more user-friendly education for speakers of Aboriginal English, 1999
tables, b&w photographsaboriginal english, education, literacy, two way learning -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Neil McGarvie, The influence of language in the education of Aboriginal students in urban and rural schools in Queensland, 1986
mapssecondary school education, aboriginal english, queensland education system, language and education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Farzad Sharifian et al, Understanding stories my way : Aboriginal-English speaking students (mis)understanding of school materials in Australian English, 2012
Acknowledgements Foreword Chapter 1: Introduction - Backgroung - Approach and methodology Chapter II: Findings Chapter III: educational applications and implications of this research References.colour illustrations, colour photographs, tablesbilingual education, two way literacy and learning, aboriginal english, western australian education, schema theory, cultural schemas, bidialectal education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Margaret Valadian, Aboriginal education, development or destruction : the issues and challenges that have to be recognised, 1992
B&w photographsaboriginal education, traditional education, cultural heritage -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Lilla J Watson, The meeting of two traditions : Aboriginal studies in the university, a Murri perspective, 1988
b&w photographsnganyaywana, gumbaynggir, dhan-gadi, murri education, north queensland, central queensland, university of new england, tertiary education -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Jim Wafer et al, A handbook of Aboriginal languages of New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, 2008
Provides a survey of the Indigenous languages of NSW and the ACT and word-lists for 42 distinct language varieties. With a chapter on contact languages by Jean HarkinsMaps, word listsmadhi madhi, wemba wemba, yorta yorta, dhudhuroa, bidawal