Names around the Gippsland Lakes : their origins, meanings and history / by P.D. Gardner
- Bib ID:
- 1295798
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gardner, P. D. (Peter Dean), 1945-
- Description:
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- Ensay [Vic.] : Ngarak Press, 1991
- 48 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1875254056
- Series:
- Gardner, P. D. (Peter Dean), 1945- Gippsland names series.
- Summary:
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"This book is the second by regional historian P.D. Gardner to examine the place names of Gippsland in some detail. It gives a comprehensive account of the origins of such local names as Ramahyuck, Rotamah, Valencia Creek, Raymond Island and Red Bluff and the origins of the names of all towns and major features are given. It also has original research on many previously unpublished Aboriginal names and their meanings."--BOOK COVER.
- Full contents:
- Errata slip on t.p. verso.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 43.
- Subject:
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- Names, Geographical -- Victoria -- Gippsland Lakes Region
- Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries
- Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900
- Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies
- Brabralung people (S45) (Vic SJ55-07)
- Language - Vocabulary - Place names
- Kurnai / Gunai people (S68) (Vic SJ55)
- Gippsland / Eastern Victoria (E Vic SJ55)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Gardner, P. D. (Peter Dean), 1945-
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1991
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