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dancing james-
These name changes need to be in context are they genuinely causing offence or is bunch of bored locallers? These name changes often used by the right wing to show that the world has gone PC mad...in that essence does more harm then good.
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Dunno mate. I have also never been to Australia so it's not really on my radar.
wildwest
youramericanlover
In my home town one of the nicer local hills to walk was called Chinks Peak. In the late 90s there was a campaign to get it changed to Chinese Peak (which was successful). There were a few who were de-crying the name change and "that's the way it's always been / loss of my culture" etc.
This is a morally clear cut instance when a place was desperate need of changing, however I think it does show that possibly sweeping phrases like "I think names should remain as they are" needs continual and revised context.