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Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, Place names and land tenure : windows into Aboriginal landscapes : essays in Victorian Aboriginal history, 1998
... organisation and local and regional Aboriginal history. Place names ...This work is a collection of twelve essays that are concerned with place names, clan organisation and local and regional Aboriginal history.maps, document reproductionsdjab wurrung, ngengen wurrung, koroitgundidj, dhauwurud wurrung, djab wurrung, barababaraba, daung wurrung, taungurung, dja dja wurrung, jardwadjali, jodajoda, yorta yorta, nguri-illam wurrung, waywurru, koroit, buangor, mt eccles, mt napier, langi ghiran, grampians national park, massacres, clan organization, land tenure, george augustus robinson, samuel carter, aldo massola, alfred william howitt -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Alexandra Blaszak, Wurrung Wurrung Victorian Aboriginal languages resource kit, 2008
The Wurrung Wurrung Kit is designed to introduce students at all levels to the heritage of Aboriginal languages within the area now known as Victoria. The kit aims to: Create awareness of Victorian Aboriginal languages in the past and present. The kit is not designed for the teaching of languages, Develop students' understanding of the relationship between the languages and culture of Victorian Indigenous people, or Koories, Create awareness of the importance of language to indigenous communities today and to foster respect for these communities and their languages, Highlight the diversity within Aboriginal Victoria and Australia in terms of languages and culture, Provide resources for students and teachers that can be used either as a window into Aboriginal culture generally, or to complement a broader unit of work in indigenous studies. Resources for teachers Purpose of this kit Using this kit Terminology Pronunciation Facts about Aboriginal languages in Victoria Language and Aboriginal culture Revitalizatoin of Aboriginal languages Language Alive in the community Community protocols Understanding the Language Map VELS and Curriculum links Teaching Framework Resources and contacts Activities for students Animal names Colouring in Possum Koala Kangaroo Code breaker What do yo know? Concentration Sounds, spellings and symbols Kinship Different things, different words Koorie Garden Timeline Story of Victorian Languages Language on the Mission Role Play Traditional Owners Placenames Graffiti Wall Map References.maps, b&w photographs, b&w illustrations, colour illustrations, games, referenceswoiwurrung, boonwurrung, gunnai kurnai, djadjawurrung, wathaurong, keerraywoorroong, jardwadjali, wergaia, ladjiladji, taungurung, dhudhuroa, kulin -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Jeanie Bell, Dictionary of the Butchulla Language, 2004
This spiral bound book is the revised dictionary of the Butchulla Language compiled by Jeanie Bell which involved an analysis of Butchulla language material collected by a linguist Professor Stephen Wurm. It includes a Butchulla- English wordlist, abbreviations, illustrative sentances and Butchulla place names.Colour illustrations, word listsbutchulla, korrawinga aboriginal corporation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ngiyampaa wordworld 1 : thipingku yuwi, maka ngiya, names of birds &? other words, 1997
Language to English dictionary, with English - Language finder list, plus stories, songs and sentence examplesB&w photographs, word lists, mapsngiyampaa, pilaarrkiyalu, wongaibon, wangaaypuwan, grammar -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Ian D Clark, The journals of George Augustus Robinson, Chief Protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate : volume three : 1 September 1841 - 31 December 1843, 2000
Transcription of George Augustus Robinson?s journals for the period 01/09/1841 - 31/12/1843. Contains narratives of police/court dealings with Aborigines, and sporadic wordlists and personal name lists for many different Victorian tribes. Some information on Tasmanian Aborigines and their removal to Flinders Island.document reproductions, b&w illustrations, tables, word listsgeorge augustus robinson, port phillip, colonisation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Hetti Perkins, Crossing country : the alchemy of Western Arnhem Land art, 2004
... the history of aboriginal art in the area, there are biographies..., a glossary of place names, art terms, aboriginal, linguistic ...Hetti Perkins introduces this collection of reproductions of of Western Arnhem Land bark paintings, rock art, woven fibre art and wooden sculpture that was exhibited by the Art Gallery of NSW in 2004, emphasising the cultural foundations of the Kuninjku artists, their beliefs, artistic conventions and innovations. The book includes interviews with traditional rock and bark artists (including some language), and essays describing the connection of the people to the land, their spiritual beliefs and their art. There are also reproductions of works on paper and woven forms and an essay on the role of women in producing these art forms. An essay by Professor Jon Altmann is entitled "Brokering Kuninjku Art: Artists, Institutions and the Market. A chronolgy details the history of aboriginal art in the area, there are biographies of the artists whose works were included in the exhibition, a list of the works themselves, a glossary of place names, art terms, aboriginal, linguistic and anthropological terms, and a select bibliography. The list of contributors includes, as well as the two mentioned above, Dr Murray Garde, Apolline Kohen, Steven Miller, Cara Pinchbeck and Dr Luke Taylor.Colour photographs -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Native names
Journal of handwritten notes from various 19th-century suveyors? sources. The sources are numbered and indicated in contents. Includes definitions of most placenames, but most languages not identified. * Marked ?Hem 164.?wiradjuri, portland, smythesdale, redcastle, ballan, bairnsdale, swan hill, terricks, echuca, mansfield, dunolly, bontherambo, beechworth, james j baylis -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, John Tully, Djadja Wurrung language of Central Victoria : including place names, 1997
A dictionary of the Djadja Wurrung language including a short introduction with pronunciation and grammatical information. Includes Djadja Wurrung-English and English-Djadja Wurrung sections, and a section on Djadja Wurrung placenames.Maps, b&w illustrations, word listsdjadja wurrung, central victoria, mount franklin, mount tarrengower, mount kooyoora, mount moliagul, loddon river, dunolly, yuinhup, king tommy, place names, grammar -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Sue C Wesson, An overview of the sources for a language and clan atlas of Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales, 1994
This monograph concerns Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales and reviews the ethnographic record available for the study area. A test case is made of one tribe within the study area which requires further research. Overall, the literature review and the case study demonstrate that the ability to undertake detailed reconstructions, as Clark and Barwick have done for the other regions, can be undertaken in Eastern Victoria and Southern New South Wales, and this model will form the basis of future research.maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographs, document reproductions, tableswoiworung, bunurong, taungurong, ngurai-illam-wurung, bidawal, maap, norman tindale, diane barwick, aldo massola, eve fesl, ian david clark, george augustus robinson, reverend john bulmer, robert brough smyth, alfred william howitt, moieties, clan names -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Yarnin up : Wathaurong, 2010
Words and phrases in Wathaurong.maps, word lists, colour illustrationswathaurong, pronunciation, place names, kinship terms, feelings, body parts, country, animals, weather, counting -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Yarnin up : Gunnai, 2010
Words and phrases in Gunai.maps, word lists, colour illustrationsgunnai, gunai, pronunciation, place names, kinship terms, feelings, body parts, country, animals, weather, counting -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages et al, Yarnin up : Keerray Woorroong, 2010
Words and phrases in Keerray Woorroong.maps, word lists, colour illustrationskeerray woorroong, pronunciation, place names, kinship terms, feelings, body parts, country, animals, weather, counting -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, Yarnin up : Taungurung, 2010
Words and phrases in Taungurung.maps, word lists, colour illustrationstaungurung, pronunciation, place names, kinship terms, feelings, body parts, country, animals, weather, counting -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages et al, Yarnin up : Keerray Woorroong, 2014
Words and phrases in Keerray Woorroong.maps, word lists, colour illustrationskeerray woorroong, pronunciation, place names, kinship terms, feelings, body parts, country, animals, weather, counting -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, et al, Needs survey of community languages : clients : 1997, 1997
Client report includes, names, population, outcomes etc. -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, An alphabetical list of loose bags, parishes, shires, stations, butter factories, hamlets, state schools, streets, village settlements, and places not being post towns in the colony of Victoria
Photocopy of the original document of c. 1895-1897 listing all places not a Post Town in Victoria.listing of place and street namesvictorian geographical names, street names -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Properties and residential : Western District, Victoria : mid 1800s - 1990s : names, time and place, 1997
Lists properties, names of residents and addresses of properties and residences in Western District, Victoria from the mid 1800s to 1990s. Listed in alphabetical order according to the name of the property, residence or place.western district victoria, residential directory, real estate directory -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Department of Crown Lands and Survey Victoria, Township and parish guide : Victoria, 1955
A alphabetical list of townships proclaimed under the Land Acts of Victoria. Shows the parish, land district and the municipality in which each is situated, and the particulars of Gazettal of Proclamation.victorian geographical names, victorian administration -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, The Cambridge dictionary of Australian Places, 1992
Lists thousands of place names across Australia, giving a detailed account of the name and location, shire etc.maps, pronunciation guidesgazetteer, nomenclature, maps, geography, pronunciation -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, City of Whitehorse, City Of Whitehorse parks and reserves: names and origins, 1985
Spiral bound book released by City of Whitehorse council. Alphabetically listed placenames within the local government area, with Melway map points and brief historical references to those places.Black and white photographs, colour photographsplace names, city of whitehorse, box hill, mitcham, mont albert, blackburn, surrey hills, burwood, nunawading, forest hill -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names around the Gippsland Lakes : their origins, meanings and history, 1991
Gives descriptions of area, origin and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgippsland, gunnai, kurnai, bairnsdale, wurruk, place names -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of Bass Strait : their origins, meanings and history, 1996
An examination of the origins of over 400 names in and around the Bass Strait, including Victorian areas from Cape Otway to Lakes Entrance and the north coast of Tasmania.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, bass strait, tasmania, place names, bassian isthmus, king island, otway coast, port phillip bay, western port bay, wilsons promontory, cape barren island, flinders island, king island -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of East Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Detailed examination of the origins of local names from Mallacoota to Marlo and from Wingan Inlet to Willis. Includes explanations of the origins of major towns and their features.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographskrauatungalung, gunnai, kurnai, bidawal, east gippsland, lake tyers, point hicks, -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of South Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
Provides an account of the origins and histories of local names in the South Gippsland region.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsbunerong, kulin, gunnai, kurnai, brataualung, seaspray, phillip island, mirboo, wilsons promontory, woodside, foster, inverloch, leongatha, wonthaggi -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Great Alpine Road between Bairnsdale and Omeo : their origins, meanings and history, 1997
Lists the place names along the Victorian Alps, with descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, ngarigo, jaitmathang, brabiralung, tongiomunjie, tambo, tongio, bruthen, tambo, mount stringy, swifts creek -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Latrobe Valley and West Gippsland : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
An account of the origins and histories of local names from Robin Hood to Kilmany, and from Mirboo North to Mt. Howitt.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, braiakaulung, bunerong, wurundjeri, kulin, coranderrk, warragul, morwell, rosedale, governor la trobe, drouin, noojee, darnum, walhalla, strzelecki, heyfield, gormandale -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names of the Victorian Alps : their origins, meanings and history, 1991
Gives a comprehensive account of the origins of local names in the area. Anecdotes of interesting pieces of history.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsjaitmathang, minjambuta, djilimatang, ngarigo, brabiralung, braiakaulung, yuin, gunnai, lake tyers, dargo river, omeo, bright, swifts creek, benambra, ovens valley, mount hotham, mount nugong, wonnangatta station -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names on the Omeo Highway between Bairnsdale and Omeo : their origins, meanings and history, 1992
An account of the origins and histories of local names between Bairnsdale and Omeo.Maps, b&w illustrations, b&w photographsgunnai, kurnai, brabiralung, jaitmathang, ngarigo, yuin, tongiomunjie, tongio gap, bruthen, tambo, hells gate, mount stringy, doctors flat -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, P D Gardner, Names on the Princes Highway between Melbourne and Sydney : their origins, meanings and history, 2000
Place name list in a specific area. Giving descriptions and meanings.Maps, b&w illustrationsdandenong, genoa, south coast nsw, yarra river, moruya, kiama, captain cook, east gippsland, rosedale -
Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Book, Neil Marriott et al, Grassland plants of South-Eastern Australia : a field guide to native grassland and grassy woodland plants of South-Eastern Australia, 1998
Detailed description of plants, one plant per page. Alphabetical listing according to botanical name, with common names provided.Maps, colour photographs, pronunciation guide, glossarygrassland, plants, south-eastern australia, botany, ecology