This Series of technical reports presents the background research undertaken by members of the Survey. The papers arise from work on the standardised data model of ANPS, and represent much of the decision-making involved in establishing the principles and processes of the Survey.
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Towards a standard geographic feature set: elevated relief features (2002), by David Blair & Caroline Henderson-Brooks
Towards a standard geographical feature set: vegetation features within a broad taxonomy (2003), by David Blair
A standard geographic feature catalogue for toponymic research (2008), by David Blair
Motivations for naming: a toponymic typology (2009, 2014), by Jan Tent & David Blair
The Australian National Placenames Survey: principles and practice (2017), by David Blair
Toponym types: a revised typology of placenaming (2020), by David Blair & Jan Tent
The feature catalogue of the Australian National Placenames Survey (2024), by David Blair