Australian blacks to sue over renaming Mt. Niggerhead

Offensiveness all round, it seems:

"An Aboriginal group plans to sue the Victorian Government for ignoring its heritage in the renaming of a mountain called Mt Niggerhead. For decades, the 1846-m Mt Niggerhead in the Alpine National Park in the state's north-east has been at the centre of a heated debate about its name.

Last week Victoria's Environment Minister Gavin Jennings pledged to rename the rocky outcrop Jaithmathangs, after one of the traditional languages of the Bogong High Plains. But another Aboriginal nation, the Dhudhuroas, says the peak is part of their country and the proposed new name is just as offensive to them as Mt Niggerhead.

Mr Murray said Dhudhuroa members met over the weekend to discuss their options, including possible legal action to force the minister to reconsider the new name.

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