Opinion: Sure, the Sydney suburbs of Bankstown, Banksia and Banksmeadow were named after a man up to his eyeballs in slavery but let's not rename them | Peter_Fitz
Fascinating. Up Queensland way – you remember, that place we used to visit, north of the Tweed? – they’re getting serious about renaming places that honour historical identities who do not make the cut for respectability in 2020. A case in point is the petition circulating calling for the rebadging of places, “that have been named after British aristocrats and politicians who were slave traders or pro-slavery in their public life”.
In the meantime, the whole point of William Bligh’s trip on the ill-fated Bounty, which was conceived and organised by Banks, was to get saplings of breadfruit and transport them to Jamaica, where the planters could use them as a cheap source of food for the . . . slaves. Yes, Banks was involved in slavery up to his eyeballs.
Well I never. The response to my piece on Deputy Premier John Barilaro declining to deny he has ambitions to be NRL chief executive once he retires from politics drew a phenomenal response. Among them were two people in the Premier’s orbit who assure me she is entirely aware of this ambition. Michelle Obama at the Democratic National Convention where Joe Biden officially became the party's nominee for president.
“I’m just so excited, it's a really special moment to really nudge ahead of all the men and be the second highest English Channel swimmer in history. I'm just elated.” -
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