Acknowledging First Nations people
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (357194)
Rockingham, Australia
June 27, 2025 7:31pm CST
York in Western Australia was the first inland town to be developed so there are some very old and historic buildings in and around the town and the area.
Outside the Post Office is this sign. It’s the first time I’ve seen a sign acknowledging early settlers but also acknowledging the indigenous people who had lived there for eons.
Some time back I wrote about Mount Nameless which is near Paraburdoo in our north. It was given the name by a survey team in the 1960s. The Western Australia has now adopted dual naming guidelines. The aboriginal name for Mount Nameless is Jarndunmunha.
I’m all for dual naming but some of the indigenous words are pretty hard to pronounce.
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@Ineeddentures (7960)
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28 Jun
Omg
Scotland does the same
English and Gaelic names
See the Garlic, none of us can pronounce any of it
Alba is Gaelic for Scotland
But it isn't pronounced as it looks
And I can't begin.to explain now it is pronounced
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@JudyEv (357194)
• Rockingham, Australia
29 Jun
@Ineeddentures We once watched a Scottish film with all Scottish actors and we had to turn on the subtitles. 
I think they were speaking English (that bit's a joke!) 
I think they were speaking English (that bit's a joke!) 1 person likes this
@Ineeddentures (7960)
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28 Jun
@JudyEv
I sometimes watch football on the Welsh Channel.
It's a language a bit like Gaelic
But different
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@ptrikha_2 (48124)
• India
28 Jun
This is a good and very much needed gesture.
Aboriginals had been in places now known as Australia for Thousand of years.
Now the question that comes to our mind is that if the remnants of those original tribes are well assimilated in the modern Aussie society and are they facing any discrimination.
But that could be a tough question to answer.
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@ptrikha_2 (48124)
• India
29 Jun
@JudyEv
Well, the discrimination is a bad thing and a blot on modern civilizations.
Is the Government of Australia taking any steps to check the discrimination?
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@ptrikha_2 (48124)
• India
30 Jun
@JudyEv
Yes changing mindset and habits take time.
That might need involvement of support groups and NGOs as well.
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@wolfgirl569 (118594)
• Marion, Ohio
28 Jun
That should be a reminder everywhere. There was people living in these regions before settlers came.
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@wolfgirl569 (118594)
• Marion, Ohio
29 Jun
@JudyEv And many places now treat the original people as invaders.
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@LindaOHio (193203)
• United States
28 Jun
You're right about pronouncing the Aboriginal names.
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@allknowing (148730)
• India
28 Jun
That indeed is a tongue twister While in Australia we got the opportunity to watch the aborigines perform.
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@crossbones27 (50852)
• Mojave, California
28 Jun
Its funny how they had to adapt to English, when we should have been adapting to their language, but wars are wars for reasons, if you win, you can do what ever you want. Its same here in US,. they had to adapt to us and our language as they lost the war, right or wrong.
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@Beestring (15559)
• Hong Kong
28 Jun
That's a good way to acknowledge the native people.
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