Growing momentum to change names linked to colonial violence

Rename Batman organiser Emily De Rango

Rename Batman organiser Emily De Rango Source: SBS

There's growing momentum for some Australian place names to be changed over their links to an often-violent settlement history. Reconciliation campaigners have turned their attention to the electorate of Batman in Melbourne's north. They say its pioneer namesake was responsible for the murder and dispossession of Aboriginal people.



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