Ms Cameron said TRACA member Circular Head Aboriginal Corporation was not included in that naming process, despite being based in the region where many of the new names were proposed. Tasmanian elder Auntie Patsy Cameron says the policy is not inclusive of all Aboriginal people. The TAC recently chose 11 new names in palawa kani, the revived Tasmanian Aboriginal language, as dual and replacement names for sites around the state, under a proposal being put to the state's Nomenclature Board next month. " is so Tasmanian Aboriginal people can feel that everyone is participating in this very important process," she said. "We have opportunities on our website, on our Facebook and at community meetings, no-one is excluded."īut Ms Cameron said the policy was not inclusive of all Aboriginal people. She said the TAC widely consulted and publicised their work around dual naming.
"This is a purely political ploy to undermine the reconstruction of Aboriginal language and to give credibility to non-existent Aboriginal languages in this state." "The only other words available are the recordings of white men from over 200 years ago which did not accurately record the sounds or spelling of Aboriginal language.
Heather Sculthorpe says palawa kani is the only Aboriginal language in Tasmania. "The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre has spent over two decades reconstructing that language," she said. 'TAC chief executive Heather Sculthorpe said palawa kani was the only Aboriginal language in Tasmania. "Currently dual naming is the responsibility of one Aboriginal organisation in the state, and so that process negates any other voice from taking part in that process." Purely political ploy: TAC "We are not against dual naming, but we want to have a say in that process and we want to have ownership of naming country in our regions.
"The regional groups would like to have a say in how that might be changed for future dual naming. TRACA co-chair Patsy Cameron said a review needed to be conducted into the policy's selection and consultation processes.
The Tasmanian Regional Aboriginal Communities Alliance (TRACA), which was formed in 2015 and represents some groups not allied with the TAC, wants the policy changed. The policy states Aboriginal names will be "advised to the Tasmanian Government by the TAC as the recognised representative Aboriginal language organisation" and the TAC will "consult with the Tasmanian Aboriginal community to confirm that each Aboriginal name is generally accepted by the community". To date, 13 places have been assigned under the policy, including Hobart's mountain kunanyi/Mount Wellington. ( Supplied: Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre.) Proposed changes in north-west Tasmania to Aboriginal names.
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