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Author Gardner, P. D. (Peter Dean), 1945-

Title Names around the Gippsland Lakes : their origins, meanings and history / by P.D. Gardner
Published Ensay [Vic.] : Ngarak Press, 1991

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 ADPML GENEA  919.456 Gar/Nat  LIB USE ONLY
Description 48 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 21 cm
Series Gippsland names series
Gardner, P. D. (Peter Dean), 1945-. Gippsland names series
Contents Errata slip on t.p. verso
Summary "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 It also has original research on many previously unpublished Aboriginal names and their meanings."--BOOK COVER
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: p. 43
Subject Names, Geographical -- Victoria -- Gippsland Lakes Region
Kurnai languages.
Death - Mortuary / funeral ceremonies.
Race relations - Violent - Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. - To 1900.
Sites - Mortuary sites and cemeteries.
Language - Vocabulary - Place names.
Brabralung people (S45) (Vic SJ55-07)
Brabralung language (S45) (Vic SJ55-07)
Kurnai / Gunai people (S68) (Vic SJ55)
SUBJECT Gippsland Lakes (Vic.) -- Names
Gippsland Lakes (Vic.) -- History
East Gippsland (Vic.) -- Names
East Gippsland (Vic.) -- History
Subject Gippsland / Eastern Victoria (E Vic SJ55)
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