Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre

Historical Language Names of the Goldfields Region

This paper is a preliminary exploration of a list of twenty one language names of the Goldfields region of Western Australia.

The list comprises language names that have arisen from historical documents or in field recordings undertaken with speakers with the Goldfields Aboriginal Language Centre Aboriginal Corporation (GALCAC), and for which speech communities have not been located as of 2020.

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