Koch’s chapter analyses the difficulties and challenges in reconstructing Aboriginal place names in the ACT and south-eastern NSW. 

Harold Koch, 'The methodology of reconstructing Indigenous placenames: Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales' in Harold Koch and Luise Hercus (Eds) *Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and re-naming the Australian landscape* (ANU E Press 2009)

Since 1788, most places in NSW have been renamed in English. While some attempts have been made to include Aboriginal place names, this has only recently been incorporated into government regulations and policy.

Document

Harold Koch, 'The methodology of reconstructing Indigenous placenames: Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales' in Harold Koch and Luise Hercus (Eds) Aboriginal Placenames: Naming and re-naming the Australian landscape (ANU E Press 2009)

Place names

Place names