New Name for Lake Eyre
Submitted: Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012 at 23:06
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Allan B (Member, SunCoast)
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Lake Eyre now has two names.
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (Clare SA) - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:17
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:17
Hi Allan
You beat me to it. I was going to put a post up after it was on the local news last night, but I got side tracked.
Cheers
Stephen
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Member, SunCoast) - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:23
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:23
Never mind Stephen, there wasn't a prize anyway! LOL
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Follow Up By: P and JM - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 20:34
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 20:34
Hi Stephen,
I'm wondering if the rest of the lakes in South Aussie will have names changed ?
It won't be long when we go bush we'll think there are new dry salt lakes everywhere.
I seen a picy of you giving the 4x4 a repaint !! That gear looks good to me.
Cheers P&J
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Reply By: Kris and Kev - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:58
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 07:58
I use to be against name changes, but then after listening to different points of view I found it is hard to argue. Same for Fraser Island. There have been calls for it to be renamed to K'gari, which means paradise. The local indigenousness leaders have said why should it be named after some white lady who turned up there? Also they say there are untrue stories about how she was treated and calling the island after her is an insult.
Re the lake, we all get use to the English names, but I am sure we will get use to the new name. Same as Uluru and heaps of other so called new names. I say so called because usually the local people have been using the “new” name for thousands of years.
Kevin
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Follow Up By: lizard - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 08:36
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 08:36
Well there is an off ramp off the freeway at Mandurah WA that is very difficult to pronounce
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Reply By: toffytrailertrash - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:33
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:33
I wonder what the new name for Australia will be......and who will name it?
Cheers
Merv
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Follow Up By: P and JM - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 20:23
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 20:23
Where you been Merv ?
It's been Southern Asia for about 10 years now.
If there's a new naming it will be Southern Middle East.
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Follow Up By: Echucan Bob - Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:29
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:29
South Irian
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Reply By: equinox - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:52
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 10:52
Hi Allan,
It doesn't actually have two names - it now has a dual name. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, quite a mouthful isn't it.
I'm thinking it may have been better to call it just Kati Thanda, with Lake Eyre as a sub-name, however I'm guessing the GNC just wanted to keep everybody happy.
Cheers
Alan
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Follow Up By: Allan B (Member, SunCoast) - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 13:59
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 13:59
Yes Alan, it is a dual name. But as with Uluru, I think most people will use either but not both, hence the 'two names' expression.
As was said in the article....
'Bill Watt from the Geographical Names Unit says it is hoped the dual titles will boost awareness of the vast region's Aboriginal
heritage.
"We're quite happy for people in general conversation to use either one of the two names or both together," he said.'
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Follow Up By: Bazooka - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 16:12
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 16:12
I'd be surprised if that's the case Alan (equinox). It may have happened but I can't think of an example where dual geographic names have been presented as a hyphenated combination. That would be quite odd in my book. In such cases it used to be fairly standard practice to use both names on maps and documents for at least a few years, with the later name eventually taking over and the former name fading out of use after a couple of decades (the timeframe is probably dependent on the 'fame' of the entity I guess).
It was reported that Bill Watt (mgr of SA's geographical names unit) said either name was correct but official publications should use both. No doubt someone in the service is busily working on how that should be done: Kati Thanda (Lake Eyre) or Kati Thanda/Lake Eyre is what I would expect to see.
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Reply By: KSV - Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 18:34
Thursday, Dec 20, 2012 at 18:34
Hmmm.... And why we do not like rename Australia?
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Reply By: The Explorer - Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 02:56
Friday, Dec 21, 2012 at 02:56
..more discussion (?) on same subject previously (for those who like whinging and whining:)......
Name Change - Lake Eyre
Cheers
Greg
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