Rename Batman organiser Emily De Rango Source: SBSThere's growing momentum for some Australian place names to be changed over their links to an often-violent settlement history.
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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 [BAT-mun] in Melbourne's north.
They say its pioneer namesake was responsible for the murder and disposession of Aboriginal people.