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1 In the Margins of Some Australian Dictionaries : Exploring the Etymology of Berigora David Nash , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Language, Land and Song : Studies in Honour of Luise Hercus 2017; (p. 263-274)

'There are just three birds whose scientific (Linnæan) name draws on a word of an Australian language. The first and last described are Ninox boobook (Latham 1801) Southern Boobook owl, and Petroica (Muscicapa) boodang (Lesson 1837) Scarlet Robin. Although neither the type descriptions nor Fraser & Gray (2013: 151, 256) specify the source language, from earlier records we can be confident that both species’ names are from the Sydney Language (also known as Eora or Dharug, not spoken as a first language since the 19th century). Boobook, as can be seen from the common name, has survived in Australian English, presumably assisted by its onomatopœia; it was first recorded as Bōkbōk ‘An owl’ in the vocabulary noted by Lieutenant William Dawes in 1790-91, the early English colony at Sydney (Dawes & Anonymous 2009: Notebook b, 3). The word behind the species of P. boodang was first recorded in the caption ‘Crimson-breasted Warbler, native name Bood-dang’ (Port Jackson Painter [between 1788 and 1797]).  (Introduction)

1 [Review Essay] Pila Nguru: The Spinifex People David Nash , 2002 single work
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 2002; (p. 97-100)

'On 28 November 2000 the Federal Court sat for a few minutes under a temporary shade outside the Tjuntjuntjara community in remote southeastern Western Australia. I was among the few visitors there, fortunate to witness the first determination of native title in Western Australia; one recognising exclusive possession by the Spinifex People of 55 000 square kilometres of their country against the South Australia border and on the north of the Nullarbor Plain. Displayed behind the Judge were two striking large paintings, the main ones from an exhibition that toured nationally in 2000 and 2001 as the Spinifex Arts Project (Anon. n.d.), reproduced in full colour in this volume.' (Introduction)

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