One arm point and beyond(dampier peninsula, near Broome

[Denise Goodfellow <>]

Djagana

People will still continue to use regional names, and I don't see why not.
For instance, Owl-faced Finch for Double-barred. Indeed, I think it
important  to keep such names, particularly the Indigenous ones.  Kunwinjku
people have already stopped using a heap of terms for particular animals,
and so when I trained them for birdwatching tourism, I encouraged them to
just add the European terms to the names they already knew.

 There are already names common to each species - scientific names.  And
generally, not are they only descriptive but often poetic!
Denise




on 20/11/09 5:58 AM, Greg & Val Clancy at  wrote:

> Why not use 'Barri-enna'? Because it is the Sydney area name for it.  There
> are many other suitable indigenous names such as Djanna (help me Denise
> Goodfellow did I get it right?).
> 
> A nice thought to use an indigenous name but it may be a Pandora's box not
> worth opening.
> 
> 
> Greg Clancy
> 
>