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Language Keepers Conference - Session 7: Re-placing Language and Place
European explorers generally mapped placenames from afar.
Re-placing examines what happens when Indigenous knowledge
and naming is put back on the map.
Using Historical Maps to Identify European Recordings of Aboriginal
Language in the Illawarra Region (15 mins)
Dr Elizabeth Moylan
Early explorers of Australia generally mapped placenames from
afar while on their boats. Later, surveyors were directed to map
Indigenous placenames, supporting the efficient re-establishment
of locations. How placenames are recorded on historical maps
reveals the level of interaction between the person recording
placenames and those who lived there.
Contemporary Communities and Nineteenth-century Archival Materials (15 mins)
Associate Professor Helen Gardner
We cannot now research colonial and settler histories about
Indigenous Australians without the support of the contemporary
Indigenous communities that are the descendants of those
represented in archives. This presentation will focus on community
interest in language and the partnerships engendered through Helen’s
project on the A.W. Howitt material held principally in Victoria.
The Mapping of Aboriginal Language Countries (15 mins)
Dr Peter Sutton
Early accounts acknowledged a close association between
Indigenous Australian languages and physical landscapes, but it
has taken over a century for that relationship to be deeply grasped
by scholars. The mapping of landscapes in fine detail has been
a key factor in furthering this understanding, building a more
nuanced and complex picture of language countries.
Q&A (15 mins)
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By National Library of AustraliaEuropean explorers generally mapped placenames from afar.
Re-placing examines what happens when Indigenous knowledge
and naming is put back on the map.
Using Historical Maps to Identify European Recordings of Aboriginal
Language in the Illawarra Region (15 mins)
Dr Elizabeth Moylan
Early explorers of Australia generally mapped placenames from
afar while on their boats. Later, surveyors were directed to map
Indigenous placenames, supporting the efficient re-establishment
of locations. How placenames are recorded on historical maps
reveals the level of interaction between the person recording
placenames and those who lived there.
Contemporary Communities and Nineteenth-century Archival Materials (15 mins)
Associate Professor Helen Gardner
We cannot now research colonial and settler histories about
Indigenous Australians without the support of the contemporary
Indigenous communities that are the descendants of those
represented in archives. This presentation will focus on community
interest in language and the partnerships engendered through Helen’s
project on the A.W. Howitt material held principally in Victoria.
The Mapping of Aboriginal Language Countries (15 mins)
Dr Peter Sutton
Early accounts acknowledged a close association between
Indigenous Australian languages and physical landscapes, but it
has taken over a century for that relationship to be deeply grasped
by scholars. The mapping of landscapes in fine detail has been
a key factor in furthering this understanding, building a more
nuanced and complex picture of language countries.
Q&A (15 mins)
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