Background
Hercus, Luise Anna was born on January 16, 1926 in Munich. Came to England, 1939, to Australia, 1954. Daughter of Alfred and Theodora Schwarzschild.
(Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Aust...)
Aboriginal approaches to the naming of places across Australia differ radically from the official introduced Anglo-Australian system. However, many of these earlier names have been incorporated into contemporary nomenclature, with considerable reinterpretations of their function and form. Recently, state jurisdictions have encouraged the adoption of a greater number of Indigenous names, sometimes alongside the accepted Anglo-Australian terms, around Sydney Harbour, for example. In some cases, the use of an introduced name, such as Gove, has been contested by local Indigenous people. The 19 studies brought together in this book present an overview of current issues involving Indigenous placenames across the whole of Australia, drawing on the disciplines of geography, linguistics, history, and anthropology. They include meticulous studies of historical records, and perspectives stemming from contemporary Indigenous communities. The book includes a wealth of documentary information on some 400 specific placenames, including those of Sydney Harbour, the Blue Mountains, Canberra, western Victoria, the Lake Eyre district, the Victoria River District, and southwestern Cape York Peninsula.
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Hercus, Luise Anna was born on January 16, 1926 in Munich. Came to England, 1939, to Australia, 1954. Daughter of Alfred and Theodora Schwarzschild.
Bachelor in Modern Languages with honors, Oxford University, England, 1946. Bachelor in Oriental Studies with honors, Oxford University, England, 1948.
Lecturer St. Anne's College, Oxford, 1946-1954. Research fellow University Adelaide, Australia, 1965-1969. Reader in Sanskrit Asian Studies department National University, Canberra, Australia, since 1969.
Recorder nearly extinct Aboriginal languages in Southeast and Center Australia.
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Author: The Languages of Victoria, 1965, The Bagandji Language, 1981, (with P. Sutton) This Is What Happened, 1986, A Grammar of the Wirangu Language of the West Coast of South Australia, 1999, (with Harold Koch) Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and Renaming the Australian Landscape, 2009, (with Jeremy Beckett) Two Rainbow Serpents Travelling: Mura Track Narratives From the 'Corner Country', 2009.
Fellow Australian Academy Humanities.
Raising orphaned marsupials.
Married Graham Robertson Hercus, February 23, 1955 (deceased 1974). 1 child, Iain Robertson.