Native populations often significantly reshaped landscapes and areas. The following paper, which seems quite good, makes the case for Amazonia.
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royprsb/282/1812/20150813.full.pdf Does that strengthen or weaken the case for renaming Mebourne to Marr? Heaven knows. The native populations cannot be considered to totally lack instrumental ability, the ability to colonize or the ability to engage in environmentally destructive activity. - JB 007 On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:33 PM, Charles Haynes <charles.hay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 11:12 PM, Lahar Appaiah <thew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Surely one of these places can be called The Island of the Day Before? > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Dave Long <dave.l...@bluewin.ch> wrote: > > > > > I once lived in a town where referring to landmarks by what had been > > there > > > before was a matter of "ancient" usage and custom. > > ... > > > Now I live someplace where this game is played by designating regions > by > > > their names from a few thousand years ago; the scope is grander but the > > > tactics remain the same. > > > > I have started calling Melbourne "Marr" somewhat in this spirit. > Fortunately (or not) I have yet to encounter any Wurundjeri who know what > it was called before it was Marr. > > Mostly though I do it to encourage discussion about the fact that this > place already had a name. > > -- Charles >
