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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Naessan, P. | en |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Aboriginal History, 2010; 34:217-233 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0314-8769 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/62884 | - |
dc.description.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. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Aboriginal History Inc, | en |
dc.rights | © 2010 Copyright of Aboriginal History, Inc. Copyright © 2010 RMIT Publishing | en |
dc.source.uri | http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=661136067797473;res=E-LIBRARY | en |
dc.title | The etymology of Coober Pedy, South Australia | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 5 Linguistics publications |
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