Renaming of two Queensland mountains

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