[lg policy] Legal threat to proposal to change the way Tasmania gives Aboriginal dual names to significant sites Adam Holmes Local News FACEBOOKSHARE TWITTERTWEET EMAIL The Tamar River is one of 13 Tasmanian places to have a dual name. Its Aboriginal name is kanamaluka. The Tamar River is one of 13 Tasmanian places to have a dual name. Its Aboriginal name is kanamaluka. THE Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania has threatened to take the Tasmanian Government to the Federal Court if it changes a policy that guides the dual naming of significant sites. The government’s review of the Aboriginal and dual naming policy is expected to be finalised soon. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads The updated policy seeks to “broaden the scope” of groups that can nominate names, beyond using palawa kani. At the moment, the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre uses recordings of Aboriginal people from the 19th and early 20th century – among other linguistic research – to determine palawa kani pronunciation

[Harold Schiffman]

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 Harold F. Schiffman

Professor Emeritus of
 Dravidian Linguistics and Culture
Dept. of South Asia Studies
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305

Phone:  (215) 898-7475
Fax:  (215) 573-2138

Email:  haroldfs at gmail.com
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/

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