A new proposal put to an alliance comprised of First Nations peoples connected to the Cook River, Sydney Water and local councils suggests a name change for the southern Sydney watercourse.
A proposal put to the Cooks River Alliance calls for the river — named after British explorer James Cook — to renamed Goolay'yari.The name change is yet to be fully endorsed by the alliance, and will also require approval from the NSW Geographical Names Board.
The alliance also includes Sydney Water and the Bayside, Inner West, Strathfield and Canterbury-Bankstown councils. "The plan is , but not necessarily the renaming," Mr Thomas said.Mr Thomas said a newly-hired Aboriginal landcare coordinator with the alliance had been tasked with discussing the community's desire to rename the river."If you look at it from Google Earth, that looks like the foot of the pelican. So we we say that's the foot of the pelican," Mr Andrews said.
"It's really important for Aboriginal people and increasingly important, I think, for non-Aboriginal people as a little sort of haven," Mr Andrews said.As well as being endorsed by the Cooks River Alliance and the community, an official renaming of the river would have to be passed by the NSW Geographical Names Board.
Cooks River Aboriginal Name Cooks River Indigenous Name First Nations Name Cooks River Cooks River Tempe Fatima Island Cooks River Alliance Goolayyari Goolay'yari River Goolay'yari Cooks River Cooks River Pelican Dreaming Sydney Water Bayside Council Inner Westcouncil Strathfield Council Canterbury-Bankstown Council
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