Of course, all of Australia is indigenous land, including the Alps. Despite colonisation and dislocation, Aboriginal communities have maintained connections with the Alps and have been re-asserting that connection in recent years.Traditional owner groups have been involved in reclaiming of language, and this includes advocating for landscape features like mountains being re-named with their original or other relevant names.
Category: Mt Kosciuszko
Is it time to dual name Mt Kosciuszko?
Ernestyna Skurjat-Kozek & ABC Radio, ABC SE
Controversies over the name of Mount Kosciuszko – full text with bibliography and footnotes
Controversies over the name of Mount Kosciuszko – VIDEO
Kościuszko Mound in Kraków
The known and less familiar history of the naming of “Mt Kosciuszko”
The highest peak on the continental Australia bears the name “Mt Kosciuszko” and we know this from our time in primary school. We as well remember that it was discovered and named by the Polish traveller and explorer, Paul Edmund de Strzelecki.…