Longreach regional council is moving to change the currently racist name of a local creek.
The creek will be renamed to Watyakan Creek which pays tribute to those who historically camped near it.
Local Kerry Thompson says “these names have been offensive and derogatory to all Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people.”
Darumbal Elder Aunty Sally Vea Vea says there are still dozens of places throughout Australia with names that needed changing. She says “They’re just memorials to a racist past.”