Remembering the fuss over "squaw" in American place-names, we read:
"Evidence of Queensland's racist past abound in the list of official place names, with nine waterways called Nigger Creek and other landmarks all bearing offensive names, such as Black Gin Creek and Niggers Bounce.
These names should be changed immediately because they were insulting and showed the nation in a poor light, according to a Queensland academic.
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"Blackfellas" is what Australian Aborigines normally call themselves. Aboriginal activists call themselves "Kooris", "Murris", Booris" etc. (according to what part of Australia they come from) but that is not the everyday expression.
And the High Court of Australia recently ruled that the "n-word" is not offensive in Australia.
In the town where I was born, there is a place called "Murdering Point". I guess someone one day will find that "offensive" too. Complaining is all some people are good at. "Look how good I am" is their real message.
