{"id":148635,"date":"2025-02-05T09:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=148635"},"modified":"2025-02-05T09:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T09:32:10","slug":"offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive-by-michael-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive-by-michael-roberts\/","title":{"rendered":"Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive &#8211; By Michael Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive &#8211; By Michael Roberts<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88737 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Roberts\" width=\"160\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Source :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>A News Item in Australia, Today, February 2025<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticleWeb_article__n_kQQ Article_main___guM5 Article_hasSidebars__QaE5b\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"ArticleRender_article__7i2EW\">\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" title=\"Summary: Racist place names Queensland\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/103920748\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>In short:\u00a0<\/strong>The Queensland government has identified 43 place names with racist slurs and a Darumbal elder wants them changed immediately.\u00a0The state amended legislation in April so racist place names could be changed without broad community consultation.<strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong>Queensland\u2019s Department of Resources says the process to change the names will take time, but it is underway.<\/span><\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>Black Gin Creek<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Little Uncle Tom<\/strong> mountain are among the 43 place names in Queensland containing racial slurs with a traumatic history.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ArticleWeb_article__n_kQQ Article_main___guM5 Article_hasSidebars__QaE5b\">\n<div class=\"ArticleRender_article__7i2EW\">\n<aside class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK LegacyWysiwyg_wysiwyg___2JFa\" title=\"Summary: Racist place names Queensland\" data-component=\"LegacyWysiwyg\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/teaser\/103920748\">\n<ul class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowVisible__N2zKU\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>n short:<\/strong>The Queensland government has identified 43 place names with racist slurs and a Darumbal elder wants them changed immediately.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The state amended legislation in April so racist place names could be changed without broad community consultation.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What\u2019s next?<\/strong>Queensland\u2019s Department of Resources says the process to change the names will take time, but it is underway.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>WARNING: This article contains racist and offensive language and images. The ABC has chosen to show images, which include offensive language, to illustrate the racism referenced in this reporting.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Black Gin Creek and Little Uncle Tom mountain are among the 43 place names in Queensland containing racial slurs with a traumatic history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Darumbal elder Aunty Sally Vea Vea has spent many years campaigning to change them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cI always found it to be very offensive when I\u2019d see that the real estate would have houses for sale on \u2018Black Gin Creek Road\u2019 and I thought, \u2018When is this ever going to stop?&#8217;\u201dAunty Sally said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmphasisedText_emphasisedText__McMdj ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"EmphasisedText\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cWe find it to be dehumanising, upsetting, and discriminatory.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">An audit revealed 43 creeks, hills, or other geographic features that feature racial slurs in their names.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"103921340\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/103921340\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/40a372dc795658fdc990d9acaf92fe37?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1067&amp;cropW=1600&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"Aunty Sally passionately speaking into a microphone, holding A4 deed, trees behind her. \" width=\"578\" height=\"385\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Aunty Sally spoke at an event a couple of years ago where land her ancestors were massacred on at Gai-i was returned to the Darumbal People.\u00a0<cite>(ABC Capricornia: Erin Semmler)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Sally wants these names changed immediately. \u201cWe want to see these offensive names removed \u2026 from places that evoke horrific memories of atrocious acts,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cHow do we answer our children and the future generations [if we] continue to allow these derogatory names, these dehumanising names, to be \u2026 there in front of our faces as we drive along the road?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"Heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A traumatic slur<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Sally said \u201cgin\u201d was originally an affectionate word in Darumbal language used by men towards women, but it was turned into a derogatory term by the British and Europeans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">In central Queensland, the Rockhampton Regional Council recently changed the name of Black Gin Creek Road in Alton Downs to Gum Tree Creek Road at the request of the Darumbal People.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"103921434\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/103921434\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/59be5d5217ab7b46021cbb78db56dcff?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=893&amp;cropW=1340&amp;xPos=30&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"Aunty Sally wearing a headband, yellow shirt, straight face, trees and tent behind.\" width=\"596\" height=\"397\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Aunty Sally says it causes anger and division when offensive names remain.\u00a0<cite>(ABC Capricornia: Erin Semmler)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The road was named after the creek, which Aunty Sally successfully petitioned Queensland\u2019s Department of Resources to change from Black Gin Creek to Dundula, meaning gum tree, in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She said the creek was originally named by people who were most likely involved in a massacre of her people at Morinish. \u201cThese creeks are so named because our women were raped and killed and shot and left to die in those creeks,\u201d Aunty Sally said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cIt brings a peace when you know, the young lady who was most probably raped and shot there in that creek, we wanted justice for her and I think \u2026 that justice has been served.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Amendments to legislation passed in April this year mean extensive public consultation will no longer be required to\u00a0<a class=\"Link_link__5eL5m ScreenReaderOnly_srLinkHint__OysWz Link_showVisited__C1Fea Link_showFocus__ALyv2\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/documents.parliament.qld.gov.au\/tp\/2024\/5724T566-5EA9.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"Link\">change 43 place names the government identified as racist<\/a>, such as Yellow Gin Creek, Jap Creek, or Little Uncle Tom mountain.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"103931628\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/103931628\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/14e291456e2217f1bb6b23a42d4a450b?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=994&amp;cropW=1495&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"Queensland Labor MP Scott Stewart speaks to the media in Brisbane.\" width=\"546\" height=\"364\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Queensland Labor MP Scott Stewart tabled the list of racist place names in parliament.\u00a0<cite>(ABC News: Tim Swanston)<\/cite><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The reforms mean the government will only be required to do two rounds of consultation on name changes, asking the community what name it should change to and if the public was satisfied with that name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Previously a third round was required to decide if a racist place name should be changed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The department said it took time to organise and have those discussions, but the process was underway.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP Heading_heading__VGa5B future_heading__Gcudw Heading_default__Z3p_p Typography_sizeMobile20__NUDn4 Typography_sizeDesktop32__LR_G6 Typography_lineHeightMobile24__crkfh Typography_lineHeightDesktop40__BuoRf Typography_marginBottomMobileSmall__6wx7m Typography_marginBottomDesktopSmall__CboX4 Typography_bold__FqafP Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx Typography_normalise__u5o1s\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"Heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u2018There has to be truth telling\u2019<\/span><\/h4>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><strong>The department said since 2017, six contentious place names had been changed at the request of local traditional owners<\/strong>.\u00a0These include Baga,\u00a0Gai-i,\u00a0Dundula Creek, Watyakan Creek, Bana Gindarja Creek, and\u00a0K\u2019gari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Ten other place names with racist slurs were also removed from north Queensland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Both Baga and Gai-i in central Queensland were changed at the request of Aunty Sally, among other Darumbal traditional owners. But she said there was still more to be done in recognising her people\u2019s history.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"103921512\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_outdentDesktop__ijbiK Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/103921512\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/512c2c8a96464626a62dbebddbd4a444?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=2731&amp;cropW=4096&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=171&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"A large mountain with two humps, tall grass and trees in foreground, blue sky in background.\" width=\"599\" height=\"400\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Gai-i is a sacred mountain located between Rockhampton and Yeppoon.\u00a0<cite>(ABC Capricornia: Erin Semmler)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Sally wants to see Mount Wheeler Road changed to Gai-i-Mount Wheeler Road, which she said would recognise Darumbal people while acknowledging the history of Frederick Wheeler.\u00a0<strong>Wheeler was involved in Aboriginal massacres across Queensland in the 1800s.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"EmphasisedText_emphasisedText__McMdj ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-component=\"EmphasisedText\">\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">\u201cLet\u2019s correct what happened in the past, don\u2019t whitewash it and don\u2019t pretend it never happened,\u201d Aunty Sally said. \u201cThere has to be truth-telling to bring healing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Sally said she would also like more recognition of First Nations place names, like renaming the Fitzroy River to its traditional name of Tunuba.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The ABC contacted Queensland\u2019s Minister for Treaty Leanne Enoch and asked whether renaming place names was still a priority of the government when establishing a treaty with First Nations people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">She did not respond to the question.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"103931552\" class=\"ContentAlignment_marginBottom__4H_6E ContentAlignment_overflowAuto__c1_IL ContentAlignment_floatRight__nfR_t Figure_figure__xLyBy Figure_docImage__DSvk4\" style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-print=\"inline-media\" data-component=\"Figure\" data-uri=\"coremedia:\/\/imageproxy\/103931552\">\n<div class=\"Figure_content__8xRH4\">\n<div class=\"FigureContent_content__GnImC\">\n<div class=\"ContentImage_ratio__0yYeG\">\n<div class=\"AspectRatio_container__FC_XH\" data-component=\"AspectRatioContainer\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thuppahis.com\/2025\/02\/05\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au\/dfd5b7d1630f02abca0a1b2be8a2c2cb?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&amp;cropH=1333&amp;cropW=2000&amp;xPos=0&amp;yPos=0&amp;width=862&amp;height=575\" sizes=\"auto, 100vw\" alt=\"A close-up of Leeanne Enoch, who has a dark brown updo and is wearing a pink blazer\" width=\"595\" height=\"397\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"Figure_caption__fS2lN\">\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-component=\"Typography\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Queensland Minister for Treaty and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships Leanne Enoch.\u00a0<cite>(ABC News: Christopher Gillette)<\/cite><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">When renaming K\u2019gari in 2022 the Queensland government said the move would support reconciliation and Queensland\u2019s Path to Treaty Commitment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A spokesperson for the minister said the resources department would continue to engage with the community on place name changes. \u201cIt\u2019s important to continue to have mature and respectful conversations about offensive place names in our community,\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph__iYReA\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Aunty Sally said the government\u2019s slow progress was not good enough. \u201cIt\u2019s very emotional, it stirs up a lot of anger and a lot of division when you don\u2019t change those names,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/elanka-newsletter-sign-up\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click here to receive your free copy of the eLanka Newsletter twice a week delivered directly\u00a0to\u00a0your\u00a0inbox!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive &#8211; By Michael Roberts Source :\u00a0thuppahis A News Item in Australia, Today, February 2025 In short:\u00a0The Queensland government has identified 43 place names with racist slurs and a Darumbal elder wants them changed immediately.\u00a0The state amended legislation in April so racist place names could be changed without broad community consultation.What\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":88737,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,42710],"tags":[76617,76616,76615,29441,76614],"class_list":{"0":"post-148635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-aside","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-articles","8":"category-michael-roberts","9":"tag-aunty-sally","10":"tag-black-gin-creek","11":"tag-little-uncle-tom","12":"tag-michael-roberts","13":"tag-offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive","14":"post_format-post-format-aside"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive - By Michael Roberts - eLanka<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive - By Michael Roberts A News Item in Australia, Today, February 2025In short: The Queensland\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive - By Michael Roberts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive - By Michael Roberts A News Item in Australia, Today, February 2025In short: The Queensland\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive-by-michael-roberts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"eLanka\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/eLanka.com.au\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-05T09:32:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Michael-Roberts-eLanka.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"184\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"eLanka admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive-by-michael-roberts\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/offensive-racist-place-names-face-offensive-by-michael-roberts\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"eLanka admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/#\/schema\/person\/f6e635b74ab35ef88a68a9973cacc5bd\"},\"headline\":\"Offensive Racist Place-Names face Offensive &#8211; 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