Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

 

[Defiant540]

Black G** would like to know what this word is!

 

[VeeFar]

Black G** would like to know what this word is!

Black Gin creek

 

[Defiant540]

thank you

 

[Defiant540]

thank you

 

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thank you

 

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ooops!

 

[wazzalox]

Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

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Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

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The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

 

[wazzalox]

Maybe we should change the name of Rushcutters Bay as well. For those not in the know it was named after a group of convicts, who had been sent out to cut rushes, were murdered by the Aborigines. If we can find out the names of the murderers we could name the bay after them.

 

[Allie1919]

Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

View attachment 8001

Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

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The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

I no am so sick of this pc stuff - it’s our history- ya can’t change history ! I feel all this name changing is making a bigger divide between Australians.

 

[Lex]

Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

View attachment 8001

Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

View attachment 8000

The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

Just to expand a little on this. Black Gin was a reference to Native Women. However, south of Townsville is Yellow Gin Creek which is a reference go Chineese Women. Discrimination in the past was towards anyone other than white. Look to eliminating ALL discrimination, remember it was the way people though in the past. Hopefully we are becoming more aware of the hurt and harm any form of discrimination can cause.

 

[Suzanne rose]

ooops!

Your full of thank you today

 

[TFX]

Renaming areas is a job for Winston Smith from George Orwell's 1984 as he was regularly rewriting history in his job at the Ministry of Truth.

 

[ShannyN]

Too much pandering to Aboriginals, the gov will do anything to make headlines. Next they'll rename the town of Gin Gin? And what of the title The Fraser Coast? gunna call it K'gari coast? and they'll rename the Black Butt trees or the town of Blackall cause some non white person will be offended, I'm a white Anglo Saxon, ancestors been here as Free Settlers since mid 1800, I get called Whitey, white man/boy. Snow, paleskin etc so do many other Aussies, but we don't go crying to all the human rights orgs, councils etc

Time to stop all this A^^licking and move on

 

[Suzanne rose]

Ok I always get myself in trouble on this topic.

I'm a believer that the past is behind us and we need to look to the future.

I'm one that don't believe we should be the ones to say sorry to the aboriginal people instead it should be the English Government and The Crown. It was them that slaughtered the aboriginal people and its those who took their land.
Alot of the early settlement consisted of convicts from England and Ireland, some were murderers but most were thief's and were here for stealing as little as a loaf of bread.
They never wanted to be in Van Diemans land.

It's time we live together and by things such as name changing comes up it just causes more separation.

We get into trouble if we call someone a black fella but nothing is said if a white man is called white fella . My great uncle was married to an aboriginal lady and her family always called him Snowy or white fella

Why is discrimination only against one colour ?

we need to be equal and treated as equals

Why not change the name to something that represents Australia instead of a name that many won't be able to say, why not something like Eucalyptus drive or pelican River

We talk about the stolen generation but this also happened to young white girls. In the 50s and 60s unmarried girls were forced to adopt their babies out. That's also a stollen generation.

It's time we move on and become one

 

[vercoi]

I concur with Suzanne rose,

 

[Kayer02]

Suzanne Rose is correct. I am always in trouble for my comments in regards to name changes so I will not comment on this article except to say the past is the past and we should not always be forced to change name of Towns, Rivers, Mountains to satisfy others..

 

[mark godwin]

Maybe we should change the name of Rushcutters Bay as well. For those not in the know it was named after a group of convicts, who had been sent out to cut rushes, were murdered by the Aborigines. If we can find out the names of the murderers we could name the bay after them.

interesting argument against a people defending their country against murdering invaders .

 

[Gazman]

Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

View attachment 8001

Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

View attachment 8000

The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

Enough of this crap, leave things as they are. Just quietly what was here before white man came? Answer it with complete honesty. What was the name of the place? Bet it wasn't Australia!

 

[Muzzb]

Depending on who you ask, facing our nation’s history head-on can either be a blessing or a curse.

In Australia’s past there have been clashes that resulted in Indigenous Australians being hurt — or worse.

While we want all Aussies, regardless of descent, to live freely and in peace, we must also accept that changes have to be made to make that possible.

One such change was when the Queensland Government removed the use of the name ‘N***** Head’ from official records in 2017 after a survey then revealed ten places in the state using the slur.

At the time, there was much talk about giving Aboriginal Australians greater recognition of their role in history.

View attachment 8001

Recent developments have given attention once again to renaming Murdering Creek Road. Credit: news.com.au

Perhaps an enduring effect of this change across Australia is that many locals are now speaking out against the remaining names of places they deem racist and colonialist.

Recently, the Queensland Government also announced that it was formally renaming Fraser Island to K’gari to recognise the racism brought upon the local Butchulla people by Eliza Fraser, who spread damaging stories about her experience being stranded on the island in 1836.

Local consultations were held early this October, while the formal name change is expected to take effect before the year’s end.

Meanwhile, on the Sunshine Coast, residents are still lobbying for the name of Murdering Creek Road and its namesake Murdering Creek to be replaced.

Advocates for the cause point out the names should be changed because of a massacre of Indigenous people in the area in the 1860s.

Local Sue Norman, who approved of Fraser Island’s name change back to K’gari when she heard the news, said it was the right time to change the name of Murdering Creek Road.

‘(It’s a) terrible name and reminder,’ she said. ‘It should be changed.’

View attachment 8000

The Queensland Government held local consultations on changing the name of Fraser Island to K’gari. Credit: whc.unesco.org/Tourism Queensland

Previously, there was much discussion regarding whether renaming the creek was the right way to go about honouring Indigenous history.

In 2017, Indigenous resident Roselys Blaich urged the locals to think of a way to properly remember what happened to the area.

She told a local paper she was in favour of retaining the controversial name along with constructing a memorial to ‘properly recognise what happened’.

Other places in the country have also decided to change names over concerns related to racial and colonialist tensions in the past.

Key Takeaways

• Locals of one Sunshine coast town want the name 'Murdering Creek Road' replaced over concerns of racism.
• The name is said to have been taken from a massacre of Indigenous people in the 1860s.
• In 2017, the Queensland Government struck down the use of a slur in official records after a census revealed some places were still using it.
• More recently, they also conducted local consultations in Fraser Island to honour its Indigenous name 'K'gari'.

In July, talks started for two creeks near Cairns to be renamed Bana Gindarja and Watyakan, respectively, after an outcry from some locals for their previous racially-charged names ‘Blackfellow Creek’ and ‘Black G** Creek’.

What are your thoughts on this? Should the authorities change the names of roads and places that refer to the era of colonisation?

Share your opinions with us in the comments below. We’d love to hear them.

Source: YouTube/SBS The Feed​

It's good to acknowledge the past and not hide it away renaming it hides it away and not hide it