Qld, Australia: "Fraser Island renamed K'gari, the name used by the traditional owners" This is a country at war with itself, and with its own history. Why this matters? There's 150 years of European history being erased, here. This is literally one of Australia's leading tourist sites. - Kotaku In Action 2

Qld, Australia: "Fraser Island renamed K'gari, the name used by the traditional owners" This is a country at war with itself, and with its own history. Why this matters? There's 150 years of European history being erased, here. This is literally one of Australia's leading tourist sites. (www.skynews.com.au)

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– bamboozler1 [S] 5 points 3 years ago +5 / -0

I also think an important distinction, here, is that we don't call the Southwest NT the "Ayers Rock region" (well, some people might), whereas Fraser Island quite literally sits on the Fraser Coast (Region), which is a gazetted, formal, official, nationally-recognised name, not just a tourist thing...

This is a massive change, make no mistake about that. Like Frobisher's Bay, as Rat points out. Or the Queen Charlotte Islands (also Canada).

Culture war, wooo... :-/

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