Saturday 2 July 2022 03:15 PM Wurundjeri elder Ian Hunter slams Moreland Council's name change to Merri-bek trends now
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An Indigenous elder has slammed a Greens-controlled Melbourne council's move to change their 'racist' name to what he says is a made-up Indigenous-sounding word.
Wurundjeri elder, Ian Hunter, believes Moreland City Council's new name 'Merri-bek' which the council claims means 'rock country', is actually a complete invention.
Neither word existed in his language, insisted the veteran Aboriginal activist.
Wurundjeri elder Ian Hunter (pictured) has slammed the decision of a Melbourne council to change their 'racist' name
Moreland City Council held a vote on their proposed name change and offered local residents three different options in addition retaining its current name, which is linked to an 18th century Jamaican slave estate.
The council this week revealed 3,739 (59 per cent) of the 6,315 survey responses had supported the supposed Woi-wurrung name of Merri-bek to replace Moreland.
'Many
