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Bardi grubs and frog cakes : South Australian words / Dorothy Jauncey.

Title
Bardi grubs and frog cakes : South Australian words / Dorothy Jauncey.
Author
Jauncey, Dorothy.
Publication
South Melbourne, Vic. ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Description
iv, 244 p. : ill., maps; 22 cm.
Summary
"Bardi Grubs and Frog Cakes: South Australian Words will guide you through a world of language that is in chronological step with the state's development. The 500 regional words listed here variously trace their origins to South Australia's Aboriginals, Cornish miners, German Lutheran settlers and more modern cultural influences."--BOOK JACKET.
Alternative Title
South Australian words
Subject
  • English language > Dialects > Australia > Dictionaries
  • English language > Variation > South Australia > Dictionaries
  • South Australia > History
Genre/Form
  • Dictionaries
  • Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-239) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. The People Before: Words from Aboriginal Languages -- 2. 'No Convict Taint': The Early Days of the Colony -- 3. 'The Copper Kingdom': The Cornish and the Copper Mines -- 4. 'A Paradise of Dissent': The German Lutheran Influence -- 5. Wealth from the Land: Wheat, Wool, and Wine -- 6. The Outback: Opals, Camels, and Woomera -- 7. The 'Lifestyle State': The Festival, Grange, and Stobie Poles.
ISBN
0195517709
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library