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​

 

[mark godwin]

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 alto 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 them that slaughtered the aboriginal people and its those who took there 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 bread.
They never wanted to be in Van Demans 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.

It's time we move on and become one

i guess as the old saying goes "forget the past and your bound to repeat it"

 

[Capsam]

Love & respect all. The past cannot be undone. Sorry, but you would think that the English were the only nation in the world EVER to colonise other countries. They are blWhat about France, Spai, Portugal, the Dutch etc? Whether it be 40,000 or 65,000 years ago, the indigenous peoples of Australia did not ORIGINATE here. They came from elsewhere & in the end, Homo sapiens ORIGINATED in Africa!

 

[SGH]

​

I received this in an email recently, its might be able to explain some arguments, maybe and maybe not

This Is Worth A Read. Just An Historical Thought​

We all need to read the following including Politicians, Greenies, and our Indigenous Australians need to also read this. And remember that there a lot of Australians today that do not have a “British” background. A point of view with which you may or may not agree with wholly or in part! It is however worth reading!!

So Martin Bryant allegedly shot and killed 35 people at Port Arthur in 1996 and was sentenced to consecutive life sentences (1035 years) without parole. Now imagine one day he dies of old age, and the police track down his closest living relative, say … a cousin or whoever, and arrest him then chuck him in prison because despite dying of old age. Bryant had not completed his sentence (35 life sentences). Even though he had nothing to do with the crime, he was held accountable, looked upon and treated like a criminal.

Then one day he dies of old age and his closest living relative is arrested, held accountable to Bryant’s crime and jailed for life and so on until 35 life sentences have been served.

The majority of those imprisoned would:

• Have never mentor nor have no link to Bryant except though genealogy/family records, and;
• Would have not been born, or even a twinkle in their daddies eye, at the time Bryant committed the crime.

It sounds ridiculous and far fetched when it’s written like this, but this is happening in Australia right now … Australians of European (sorry … white) descent are still held accountable by those of aboriginal descent for the actions of others that occurred a few hundred years ago, despite the fact that there is nobody alive today who witnessed or took part in/was directly impacted by those events. Australia Day has just been and once again we are being reminded with vigour that we are to blame for the actions of those who came before us.

By all means remember the past, teach it to the future generations without censorship, but stop blaming the Australian people alive today for the actions of the British a few hundred years ago.

Nobody blames descendants of the Japanese or Nazis for what they did!

 

[Gazman]

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

The real problem was that white men had fire sticks (guns) and their opponents were almost cave men with spears and rocks. Was it any different anywhere else in the same circumstances? Does anyone wonder what the place would be like if the white man never came?
As Muzzb said "this did happen, don't try to hide it"

 

[JayKay]

Whatever colour our skin is, we all make mistakes.
Everyone deserves to be forgiven, to have second chances.
No-one deserves to be offended by names of roads or parks or suburbs or creeks or rivers.
Tolerance and looking at issues with perspective and from both sides is the ideal.

 

[debjane]

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 Demans 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

well said.

 

[mark godwin]

​

I received this in an email recently, its might be able to explain some arguments, maybe and maybe not

This Is Worth A Read. Just An Historical Thought​

We all need to read the following including Politicians, Greenies, and our Indigenous Australians need to also read this. And remember that there a lot of Australians today that do not have a “British” background. A point of view with which you may or may not agree with wholly or in part! It is however worth reading!!

So Martin Bryant allegedly shot and killed 35 people at Port Arthur in 1996 and was sentenced to consecutive life sentences (1035 years) without parole. Now imagine one day he dies of old age, and the police track down his closest living relative, say … a cousin or whoever, and arrest him then chuck him in prison because despite dying of old age. Bryant had not completed his sentence (35 life sentences). Even though he had nothing to do with the crime, he was held accountable, looked upon and treated like a criminal.

Then one day he dies of old age and his closest living relative is arrested, held accountable to Bryant’s crime and jailed for life and so on until 35 life sentences have been served.

The majority of those imprisoned would:

• Have never mentor nor have no link to Bryant except though genealogy/family records, and;
• Would have not been born, or even a twinkle in their daddies eye, at the time Bryant committed the crime.

It sounds ridiculous and far fetched when it’s written like this, but this is happening in Australia right now … Australians of European (sorry … white) descent are still held accountable by those of aboriginal descent for the actions of others that occurred a few hundred years ago, despite the fact that there is nobody alive today who witnessed or took part in/was directly impacted by those events. Australia Day has just been and once again we are being reminded with vigour that we are to blame for the actions of those who came before us.

By all means remember the past, teach it to the future generations without censorship, but stop blaming the Australian people alive today for the actions of the British a few hundred years ago.

Nobody blames descendants of the Japanese or Nazis for what they did!

trade and commerce will do that . The American oil company Standard Oil, through it's South American subsidiaries sold oil to Germany through a series of cutout companies and ruses pretty much throughout the war .

 

[Allan McCorquodale]

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.’

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​

Keep the names to remind people of what happened so that it doesn't happen again. Don't try to whitewash history.

 

[oliver]

Name changes won't change thinking or improve understanding. Murdering Creek??? My 1st question is, Why is it called that? Keep the name and provide information as to what happened. Name changes only hide the truth and reality. They make history more tolerable for the modern PCer's.
America has made Black a dirty word, yet their suppression of blacks and coloureds still goes on.
Ask, as I have, Islanders, Aboriginals etc how they would describe themselves and the answer is Black.
Just Sayin'

 

[Dorothy Kay]

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​

Stick an stone's may break my bones but names will never hurt my things are starting to get a bit out of hand

 

[Coro]

I know the area. I have always admired the honesty of the name. It showed the locals were willing to face the truth of what happened there. it would be racist to change it and pretend nothing happened.

 

[David Iles]

I do not mind if name are changed for a good reason what I would like is a proper education of how we say the name especially if it is a Aboriginal name. I hear so many variation of indigenes works even by the indigenes communities.

 

[DEL boy]

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 Demans 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

I love the Christmas time when Stollen is back in Aldi, especially the small Stollen bites with apple! I agree move on.

 

[riskydave]

Black Gin creek

So when are the Indigenous/Aboriginal people of australia going to want us to change the name of the alcohol, I am sorry but I think it is time to stop pandering to the wants of these people, they want equality and to be treated equal then leave the names alone, everytime they want something changed to suit them the Government caves in and panders to the needs of the few.
What if I want to call a ward at the Hospital the John Jones ward, never going to happen but they have every other ward in every hospital called by some Aborginal name no-one knows aything about.
Time to Stop!!

 

[Luckyus]

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​

We are already up shit creek without a paddle.

 

[Ricci]

I can't keep up, people say they want truth, recognition and reconciliation and when they get it as in place names they want them changed. Murdering Creek tells you exactly what went on there in the past, you might not like it but it's a fact. You can't cherry pick the pieces of history you want to remember.

 

[Magieme]

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​

I agree with the Name changes but maybe have a sign saying the previous name was "...." and reason for it. Then say Area was known as...... to the Native people. Together both Peoples have decided to the Name "......" is to be used instead. We accept that some may thru continuous use some will continue with the old name but we ask ALL peoples to where possible to use the NEW Name. thankyou ........ Community

 

[Defiant540]

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​

NO!

 

[Citizen]

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.

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To rename controversial places is to forget the past. The past needs to be rembered in honour of its victims and to learn from the mistakes.

 

[Bellamay]

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

Well said history can’t be changed
I am also a ingenious white person of australia I was born here as many of my ancestors were
I am certainly not ingenious to any other country
Why is it only black people can be ingenious