• Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
  • Read Our Newspapers Online
    • Read the Latest Western Port News
    • Read the Latest Mornington News
    • Read the Latest Southern Peninsula News
    • Read the Latest Frankston Times
    • Read the Latest Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • Flinders candidates have their say
  • ‘Town hall’ meets the candidates
  • Saving soles from landfill
  • No guaranteed happy returns for campers
  • Car-sleepers rise amid housing crisis
  • 278 Dundas Street, Rye
  • Pier fears relaxed by budget’s $1.5m
  • Drift set to float at Point Leo
Facebook Twitter
MPNEWSMPNEWS
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
MPNEWSMPNEWS
Home»News»Vote to change ‘offensive’ name
News

Vote to change ‘offensive’ name

By MP News GroupAugust 18, 2020Updated:August 19, 2020No Comments2 Mins Read
Sign of the past: Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking public direction by holding a vote on replacing “Blacks Camp” in the names for a road, pre-school and bushland reserve at Somerville. Picture: Gary Sissons
Share
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email
Sign of the past: Mornington Peninsula Shire is seeking public direction by holding a vote on replacing “Blacks Camp” in the names for a road, pre-school and bushland reserve at Somerville. Picture: Gary Sissons

COMMUNITY voting for a new name for Blacks Camp Reserve at Somerville ends Monday, 21 September.

Mornington Peninsula Shire decided to rename the reserve after “community feedback has indicated the name Blacks Camp is a derogatory term that is inappropriate and offensive to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community, creating a barrier for people of this heritage in accessing the education precinct” (“Showing respect by changing names” The News 28/7/20).

With support from the Bunurong Land Council, the shire has decided to find new names for Blacks Camp Road, the bushland reserve and pre-school which share the name.

In 2004, an archaeological investigation found more than 200 artefacts and four Aboriginal sites close to a source of fresh water in the area.

The report concluded that the area had been a significant Aboriginal settlement for thousands of years.

Names listed for the reserve are: Beek Beak; Burinyong Balug; Mayone Balug; and Ngooraak.

The naming process for the road and pre-school will be conducted with “the stakeholders directly affected” and is also open for community feedback until Monday 21 September.

Names proposed for the pre-school include: Beenap; Tillerkite; and Turrum.

Names for the road include: Decangery Drive and Worwong Avenue.

Public comment on the renaming proposals closes 5pm next Monday, 21 August at mornpen.vic.gov.au/haveyoursay or call 1300 850 600.

First published in the Western Port News – 19 August 2020 

Share. Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email

Related Posts

Seeking Jackson

May 9, 2022

Lights on ‘by end of June’

May 9, 2022

Wanted man

May 2, 2022

Car chase

May 2, 2022
Add A Comment

Comments are closed.

Weather
May 17, 2022 - Tue
Mornington, Australia
11°C
clear sky
clear sky
3 m/s, W
64%
761.31 mmHg
tue05/17 wed05/18 thu05/19 fri05/20 sat05/21
light rain
13/13°C
light rain
12/11°C
light rain
14/12°C
overcast clouds
14/11°C
sky is clear
13/11°C
Peninsula Essence Magazine

Click here to read

April 27, 2022
Peninsula Kids Magazine

Click here to read

March 2, 2022
Council Watch

Shire offers $500,000 to performing arts

May 2, 2022

Mayor claims record in trust appointment

April 26, 2022
Elections 2022

Flinders candidates have their say

May 16, 2022

‘Town hall’ meets the candidates

May 16, 2022

Caught in the act

May 9, 2022
Interview

Volunteers track koalas for science

May 2, 2022
Property of the Week

278 Dundas Street, Rye

May 11, 2022
100 Years Ago This Week

The passing of an eminent journalist

May 9, 2022
Contact
Street: 63 Watt Road, Mornington, 3931
Mailing: PO Box 588, Hastings, 3915
Menu
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Entertainment
  • Local History
  • Contact Us
  • Advertise With Us
  • About Us
  • Subscribe
About

Established in 2006, Mornington Peninsula News Group (MPNG) is a locally owned and operated, independent media company.

MPNG publishes five weekly community newspapers: the Western Port News, Mornington News, Southern Peninsula News, Frankston Times and Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News.

MPNG also publishes two glossy magazines: Peninsula Essence and Peninsula Kids.

Facebook Twitter
© 2022 Mornington Peninsula News Group.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.