This book showcases current research into Indigenous and minority placenames in Australia and internationally.

The paper explores two specific case studies describing the origins of place names, namely the work of Ednie Hassell of Jerramungup and Alfred John Bussell of Wallcliffe near Margaret River. With the incessant development of suburbs and urbanisation of Western Australia’s landscape and within the context of reconciliation and native title debates, the ongoing use...

City identity can be examined from a number of political, economic and cultural perspectives including the way it has been perceived by residents and outsiders. The paper approaches a perspective of place identity that takes into account modern practices of place marketing and branding rather than experiential self-identity.

The entire Australian continent was once covered with networks of Indigenous placenames. These names often evoke important information about features of the environment and their place in Indigenous systems of knowledge.