Click on the map to start looking at books
Click on a coloured section to see Languages
Click on a place marker to see Places
Video demonstration
MAP KEY:
TO CITE MATERIALS FOUND ON THE LIVING ARCHIVE:
• Go to the book you wish to cite. Click on the button labelled +More
• Copy and paste the information listed after Citation (note that not all books have complete details for a citation)
• If you wish to add a link, the URL in the browser gives a unique link to that book.
TO CITE THE LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT AS A WHOLE:
• Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages. (2012). Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages. [online] Available at: http://laal.cdu.edu.au/
(NOTE that https://livingarchive.cdu.edu.au/ is also a valid link but only goes to the project page rather than the Archive collection itself, so best to use the http://laal.cdu.edu.au/ link)
TO CITE ACADEMIC ARTICLES DESCRIBING THE LIVING ARCHIVE PROJECT:
• Bow, Catherine, Michael Christie, and Brian Devlin. 2014. Developing a Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages. Language Documentation & Conservation 8. 345-360. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/24612
(This is the most generally descriptive paper about the project in a peer-reviewed open access journal.)
Find more research articles on our Research page.
About this map
Please note that this map is provisional, having been negotiated with various authorities, and does not claim to be completely accurate.
To navigate the map:
- scroll or swipe around the map to highlight specific places or languages
- information about the location or language appears on the right side of the screen
- click a location or language for more information
- you'll see which languages relate to which locations (and vice versa) and a selection of books from that location
- you can enter the collection by clicking on the blue links
- click on 'More details' for additional information about the languages (ISO 639-3 code, Austlang code, alternate names, alternate spellings, etc)
- use the navigation buttons on the right side of the map to zoom in, zoom out or reset
- use the labels on the top left of the map to show the names of either places or languages
- use the Search button to go to a specific place or language on the map
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