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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 [BAT-mun] in Melbourne's north.

They say its pioneer namesake was responsible for the murder and disposession of Aboriginal people.

 

 

 


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