Why Coogee smells in history (fwd link)

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Why Coogee smells in history

Joel Gibson Indigenous Affairs Reporter
September 8, 2008
Australia

SOME of the earliest attempts by colonists to write down the Sydney region's
Aboriginal languages are being made available to the public online for the
first time.

They reveal the meaning of many place names, such as Yagoona, Chullora and
Cowan.

They also show how the first attempts to spell Aboriginal words - "Kiarabilli,"
for example - were later refined by linguists.

The State Library of NSW has added the historic documents to its indigenous
Australians website to try to rescue some of the vocabulary from extinction.

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