The book details the central role of the port of Sydney and the linguistic synergies between Australia and the Pacific islands in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the role of Pacific islander plantation labor overseas, and the ...

No Indigenous Australian content.

Based on fieldwork July-October 1967 and March- July 1969; location within Daly River area, traditional home around Elizabeth Downs, map shows Daly River languages; phonology, noun and noun modifiers, verb, optional satellite phrases, ...

Provides outline grammars for all members and dialects of the Daly family with individual bibliographies; includes comparative 200 word list and summary of principal characteristics of Daly family.