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"What's in a Name ?"
If I want to see something or go somewhere I'll go.
All the name means is that I'll know when I get there (hopefully):D
Why does it have to "mean" something to someone.
If a place is called "X7B" on a map, I'll still find it.
Storm in a teacup!
Apparently SA has a policy to add an indigenous name to NPs which were given European names. Sounds fair enough to me. That area is actually owned by an Aboriginal trust and managed in conjunction with the NPWS.
Lots of dumb names have been given over the years. For example, in Brisbane, does anyone know the actual name of what is widely known as the Gateway Bridge?
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i believe it is sir leo something or other beginning with "g"
Names often do have meaning or significance.Quote:
Originally Posted by Saitch
Can you imagine the outrage if a Queensland football team was forced to accept the name "Perth Pansies"?
How many mainlanders would be happy to be told that they live on the North Island of Tasmania?
Would you be keen to buy Land Rover's replacement for the Defender if they decided to name it the Land Rover Gangrenous infection?
how interesting...Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
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Can you imagine the outrage if a Queensland football team was forced to accept the name "Perth Pansies"?
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Too right mate!
Brisbane Broncos, hey?
As far as I'm aware there are no broncos in Australia as we have brumbies, so they must be a Yankee team!
Also, just thinking about it, I don't think we have "Cowboys" in Oz either. Jackeroos & ringers perhaps.:D
My original comments tongue in cheek except for "Storm in Teacup"
Steve
well that's just how us Tasmanian see the island to the north:pQuote:
Originally Posted by vnx205
I have a tea towel somewhere that has a map with the south island and the north island roughly the same size.Quote:
Originally Posted by bblaze
It also lists some of the features of each of the two parts. The north island has poisonous snakes and spiders, crocodiles, box jellyfish, and similar nasties. The south island had the most beautiful women in the world, the best beer in the world and so on.
As you can probably imagine, I bought it in Tasmania. :p
I'm with you Steve, I've found and been to places that I can't even pronounce. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Saitch
So have I. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by V8Ian
While that is probably true for many Land Rover owners, sometimes not knowing the name of a place and more importantly the reason for that name means that you are missing out on something that makes the place special.
If you don't know about Goyder's Line, you are oblivious to the foresight and dedication of George Goyder. You probably don't know about the disasters that befell settlers who ignored his recommendation. You probably aren't impressed by the accuracy of his assessment of the situation.
If you have never wondered who Cameron, Poeppel and MacCabe were and never wondered why Haddon Corner isn't called Salmond Corner, then you probably have no appreciation of the contribution various surveyors made to the opening up of the parts of Australia that so many of us regard as iconic.
If you don't think about the fact that the Glen of Palms contains palm trees that are only there because of water that fell as rain thousands of kilometres away and thousands of years ago, then you almost certainly don't fully appreciate why the underground water in Australia is so significant.
Not knowing that the name "Ruby Gap" enticed many men to ruin and even death when the name "Garnet Gap" would have been more appropriate somehow lessens the tragedy of events in the East Mabdonnell Ranges.
Knowing the name of a place sometimes opens up a whole new appreciation of the place.