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Print text only Cancel The Launceston City Council has thrown its support behind a growing push to rename the Batman Bridge in Tasmania's north as Aboriginal leaders call for "white-washed history" to be undone. Key points: The Launceston City Council will lobby the state government to change the name of Batman Bridge The bridge is named after John Batman, who killed at least a dozen Aboriginal Tasmanians in the 1800s It comes as other places in the state receive dual names or are completely renamed The bridge crossing kanamaluka/River Tamar, between the West Tamar and George Town municipalit...

The Launceston City Council has voted to appeal to the Tasmanian Government to change the name of the Batman Bridge.  Chairman of the Tasmanian Aboriginal Land Council and trawlwoolway man Michael Mansell told NITV he was happy with the Launceston City Council’s decision. “Good on them,” he said.  “Well done Launceston City Council, because a local government that is as big as the Hobart City Council, or the Launceston City Council, any decision they make in this context would be very difficult for whoever forms government in May to ignore. “You can almost feel that the change is...

Share on Twitter The Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC) says it will not offer any more words in the Tasmanian Aboriginal language palawa kani for dual naming purposes.  This week, Tasmania's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) announced that new Aboriginal and dual names had been approved for 15 places in the state. But Campaign Manager with the TAC Nala Mansell said none of the newly approved names are palawa kani. “Over the years we’ve thought it was important to share some of our language words with the general public, which is why we p...