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Renaming of two Queensland mountains
By Tania Schafer, Librarian, State Library of Queensland | 31 May 2018
This month two of Queensland mountains have been renamed under their traditional names.
- Gai-i (previously Mount Wheeler)
- Baga (previously Mount Jim Crow)

Further reading:
- Mountains get new names to sever link with racist past by Felicity Caldwell. Brisbane Times, 18 May 2018
- Emotional Push to return iconic landmarks to Darumbal names by Amber Hooker. The Bulletin (Rockhampton), 22 February 2017
- Racist Past: The history of our place names by Amber Hooker. The Bulletin (Rockhampton), 22 February 2017
- Wynnum
- Goodna
- Yeerongpilly
- Woolloongabba
- Numinbah
- Enoggera
- Indooroopilly
- Pinkenba
- Nundah
- Caboolture
- Bulimba
- Gayndah
For more information view Watson, F., & Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. (1944). Vocabularies of Four Representative Tribes of South Eastern Queensland : With Grammatical Notes There of and Some Notes on Manners and Customs, Also, a List of Aboriginal Place Names and Their Derivations (available to view online)
Tania Schafer - Librarian, State Library of Queensland
John Oxley Library (2013)Queensland places (263)Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages (218)Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (28)
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