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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | The etymology of Coober Pedy, South Australia |
Author: | Naessan, P. |
Citation: | Aboriginal History, 2010; 34:217-233 |
Publisher: | Aboriginal History Inc, |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
ISSN: | 0314-8769 |
Abstract: | The aim of this paper is to outline and assess the diverging etymologies of 'Coober Pedy' in northern South Australia, in the search for original and post-contact local Indigenous significance associated with the name and the region. At the interface of contemporary Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara opinion (mainly in the Coober Pedy region, where I have conducted fieldwork since 1999) and other sources, an interesting picture emerges: in the current use by Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people as well as non-Indigenous people in Coober Pedy, the name 'Coober Pedy' - as 'white man's hole (in the ground)' - does not seem to reflect or point toward a pre-contact Indigenous presence. |
Rights: | © 2010 Copyright of Aboriginal History, Inc. Copyright © 2010 RMIT Publishing |
Published version: | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=661136067797473;res=E-LIBRARY |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Linguistics publications |
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