Whats in a name

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Whats in a name

To:	Alan Gillanders <>, Greg <>, Dave Torr <>
Subject:	Whats in a name
From:	Denise Goodfellow <>
Date:	Fri, 27 Jul 2007 07:13:21 +0930

Good point. And I seem to remember some plumping for the name "Koori" to be
used all over Australia.  Many Indigenous peoples were very angry.
Kunwinjku incidentally, means "freshwater people".
Denise


On 27/7/07 6:57 AM, "Alan Gillanders" <>
wrote:

> "However the Kunwinjku names would not be appropriate down here in
> Bundjalung country so we need an official common name that is broadly
> applicable."
> 
> Why not? We use names from all over the place in Bandjalung country.
> Alan
> 


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