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Apple has updated its Maps app to display traditional Aboriginal names for places across Australia, reports The Australian. The Maps update has been a four-year project, with Apple saying it has only ...
In a message posted online, she said: “The public support from Australia Post in regards to using the traditional place names in addresses is heartening. This is an important first step towards ...
The official Northern Territory place names register shows several entries with the pejorative term "blackgin." This refers to a phrase used by white Australians to describe an Aboriginal woman ...
A map of Australia shows you place names with different origins -- some are first nations words, others are European hand me downs. Canberra Times producer with a background in news and podcasts ...
TASMANIAN maps, signs and tourism brochures are set to be rewritten following official endorsements of the original Aboriginal names of six significant locations around the state.
A new online map of the Perth CBD uses traditional Aboriginal place names in an effort to promote Indigenous languages. The Gnarla Boodja Mili Mili interactive map was compiled by the WA’s local ...