New Name for Lake Eyre

Never mind Stephen, there wasn't a prize anyway! LOL

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

Well there is an off ramp off the freeway at Mandurah WA that is very difficult to pronounce

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.

South Irian

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.'

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.