Three Nineteenth Century Colonial Travellers to Victoria, Australia, and their Preference for Aboriginal Place Names: an exploration

• Autores: Ian D. Clark
• Localización: Onoma: Journal of the International Council of Onomastic Sciences, ISSN 0078-463X, Nº. 46, 2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Names and minorities), págs. 151-165
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper presents the results of research into a literary triptych of accounts of travelling through colonial Victoria, Australia that cover the period from 1839 until 1872. In particular, a shared interest in Aboriginal toponymy is highlighted despite the fact that all three writers did not share a common interest in Aboriginal peoples themselves. The tourist gaze and avowed interest in the Aboriginal toponymic landscape is moderated by the dissonance felt by many colonial settlers who often sought to erase Indigenous names by transplanting British place names.