Mapping indigenous language across Australia (fwd link)

[Claire Bowern]

In response to this:

http://pamanyungan.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/australian-language-centroid-and-polygon-files/is
freely available. It took about 6 months and was definitely not a
multimillion dollar project. It's also, even if I do say so myself, quite a
bit more accurate. It's also free for non-commercial use, unlike the
AIATSIS map (which was published in 1996, not quite sure why it's suddenly
getting media attention).
Finally, I also update the files regularly as people bring errors to my
attention, so please do let me know if you see anything you'd like changed.
Claire


On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Phil Cash Cash <weyiiletpu at gmail.com>wrote:

>  Mapping indigenous language across Australia
>
> *A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT* that spans 250 languages and took six
> years to finish, theIndigenous Language Map<http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/> is
> a crucial resource to help preserve Aboriginal culture.
>
> The map displays some of the traditional languages once spoken by
> indigenous groups across Australia, and was created using data collected by
> the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
> (AIATSIS). Dianne Hosking, who worked as a linguist at AIATSIS when the map
> was developed, says the resource is extremely significant.
> SEE THE MAP ONLINE HERE <http://www.abc.net.au/indigenous/map/>
>
> “The map shows Australians and the international community that this
> country was occupied everywhere with a diversity of indigenous people and
> their languages,” Dianne told *Australian Geographic*.
>
> “This map has an important message to non-Indigenous Australians: that
> indigenous people occupied and own this country.”
>
> Access full article below:
>
> http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/journal/mapping-aboriginal-language.htm
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.linguistlist.org/pipermail/ilat/attachments/20130823/2bf67fe7/attachment.htm>