Qld Labor's plan to rename everything

[burge13]

One culture has been firmly put above all others especially Indigenous culture for 200 years.

All this is acknowledging is that a long held culture already existed here well before British people arrived.

Who cares who was where first?! Why is this important ffs. Every single country was invaded qt some point

Grudges need to stop. Believe it or not we dont still dislike the germans

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Who cares who was where first?! Why is this important ffs. Every single country was invaded qt some point

Grudges need to stop. Believe it or not we dont still dislike the germans

Germany signed a treaty.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Is it? Literally what is happening more and more. Deluded to think otherwise tbh

Yes, it is, when that culture has had 200 years of torture, murder, loss. grief and pain. The gap that exists is horrendous so to say Aboriginal culture is put above others is moronic.

 

[Gralin]

Is burge13 being racist?

Yes, yes he is.

Do we need to continue to have to read this?

No, no we do not.

 

[South of the Yarra]

Who cares who was where first?! Why is this important ffs. Every single country was invaded qt some point

Grudges need to stop. Believe it or not we dont still dislike the germans

Disadvantage needs to stop

 

[schneebly111]

Why?

Acknowledgement of country before every meeting, event, sport is just dumb. I dont respect their elders more than anyone else, nor should i have to. Im not putting their culture on a pedastal

Indigenous traditions arent my traditions so why force it? Or can we all force our traditions on others?

Bring this same energy for Diwali, orthodox easter, chinese new year etc. Will you partake or only interested in cheerleading one culture?

But non Anglo Australians are told to conform to Anglo Australian culture and tradition to fit in. Observe Australia and Anzac Day, sing the (British derived) anthem, wave the flag with the Union Jack etc.

 

[Gralin]

But non Anglo Australians are told to conform to Anglo Australian culture and tradition to fit in. Observe Australia and Anzac Day, sing the (British derived) anthem, wave the flag with the Union Jack etc.

Multiculturalism in Australia is we like food from other counties but you better not have an opinion on shit unless you look you could have been on the first fleet

 

[Todman]

Tourism Australia's dual naming approach - Tourism Australia

Tourism Australia has released a guide for industry to assist when using dual naming. Dual naming is when a confirmed Aboriginal name for a location or geographical feature sits alongside the official English name for the place.

www.tourism.australia.com

These are some of the locations we are currently dual naming.

City	Aboriginal Name	Pronunciations
Sydney	Warrane	wah-rang
Melbourne	Narrm	narr-m
Brisbane	Meeanjin	mee-an-jin
Perth	Boorloo	boor-loo
Adelaide	Tarntanya	tarn-dan-ya
Hobart	nipaluna (n is lower case)	nipah-loonah
Broome	Rubibi	roo-bee-bee
Cairns	Gimuy	gim-ooy

 

[Chief]

Commercially they figure it makes the places sound more interesting for the current international market?

 

[Gralin]

Did you misspell them on purpose?

 

[Gralin]

lol no tourism australia did, good job dickheads

 

[Chief]

lol no tourism australia did, good job dickheads

I don't know most of the names so I couldn't tell. What is spelled incorrectly? Isn't it just an Anglicised phonetic spelling?

 

[Gralin]

I don't know most of the names so I couldn't tell. What is spelled incorrectly? Isn't it just an Anglicised phonetic spelling?

I usually see Naarm and Meanjin

I've seen some people use Narrm like 4+ years ago but I've never seen Meeanjin used anywhere other than that website

you could be correct though

 

[Cap]

So will all Labor Govts take submissions to change names?

Or is this only a QLD thing.

 

[Chief]

I'm no linguist, but I think like all things in English they will generally settle down to an agreed form.

 

[Todman]

Not that this activity is new. Back in the late 1980s the Cain Government renamed lots of places. The Grampians became Grampians/Gariwerd .
I See that Google maps just had it as Grampians.

When the Victorian Government decided to rename Mt N,i,g,g,e,r,head they had a few problems

Aborigines oppose name change of Mt Niggerhead

An Australian aboriginal group has opposed a plan to re-name Mount ******head, a rocky outcrop in the northeast of Victoria state, saying the new name was just as offensive, local media reported on Monday.

www.reuters.com

Bigfooty and its autocorrect.

 

[Todman]

Foresight

 

[Ghost Patrol]

Foresight

Nothing to do with labor. Why are you trying to derail your own thread?