Mt Sonder-Rwetyepme, Jabiru, local names etc

[Robert Gosford <>]

Dear all,

For those that are unfamiliar with it, Jabiru was created to house the 
mining crew from nearby ranger uranium mine - it later morphed into a 
half mine/half tourist town that is also in large part supported by the 
Aboriginal economy from local communities. The mine will reportedly 
close down within 5 years or so so a name change might be in line with 
its about-to-change demographics.
I'd suggest something of relevance to the local Mirrar people - the 
traditional owners of the country - I'll see what I can come up with ...
BTW - the Arrente name for Mt Sonder is *Rwetyepme*, its Aboriginal 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australians> name, is the 
second highest mountain <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain> in the 
Northern Territory <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Territory>, 
Australia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia> at 1380 metres above 
sea level: per Wikipedia at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Sonder.
Just having been in the truly mountainous country of Arizona & New 
Mexico for a few weeks I really have to laugh when I see what should 
really be only considered hills or mounts at best described as 
mountains...I mean, a 1,380 metre high mountain?
Cheers

Greg wrote:
> Well the Australasian race of the Black-necked Stork is likely to be 
> separated from the Asian race as a good species in the revised 
> Christidis and Boles as Ephippiorhynchus australis with the common 
> name "Satin Stork'.
> Maybe the town name could be Satin Town or Australis.
>
> I don't think Satin Town would really reflect the tough reputation of 
> the Territory though!!!
> Greg Clancy