Geologist urges complainant of SA street to ‘know a bit about history’ 

The Chinese were well regarded in early South Australia, as was the significant Muslim population. By her stupid reasoning, we should not have named The Ghan in their honour, either.

Tell that person to get a life and shut up and mind there own bisness.

He is right history is important .

Coolies were hard labourers in Australia and did a lot to build up settlements in the late 1800s. Nothing racist about the word "Chinaman".

The council has repealed the rquest..It will stay as is. Well done Wattle Range Council.

Anyone who complains about something like this should be escorted out of the country especially if you recently move there and then complain about it.

For those interested, the Wattle Range Council voted to NOT change the name of the street. Idk why someone would buy a house *knowing* the street name and completely ignorant of the history of the town and demand it be changed.

Bowen is about as smart as a cane toad.

Blackout Bowen, Brainrot Bowen, Blumbing Bowen.

Probably came from victoria and voted for dan andrews.

In Adelaide there is a place called "Chinatown"

You can't fix stupid !

Surely this story gets nominated for a Gold Walkley.

It's racist to change the names.

as an Australian with Chinese ancestory i find this abhorrent

So good to hear from someone with not only common sense and knowledge of history, I love the language- “teaspoon of cement”

The Chinese who came ton Australia maybe about the 1950’s they were the actual workers. Where would the miners get their veggies without the Chinese gardens.

The complaint should never have made the media. They should simply have gotten a reply pointing out how much of a half wit they are.

we haven't even started with the cost of clean up on all these wind farms and solar farms when they reach end of life in 20 years. Who will cleans them up and who will pay for it? We Bowen will still be paying for Bowen on his pension but hopefully not his insane ideas. Or maybe he will be like Turnbull and we will never stop hearing his voice

Potholes are diverse & inclusive. I had to laugh. I think we're all tired of these frivolous & trivial complaints about nothing really.

There is Great Sth Australian book " Whats in a Name, a neclomenture of south Australia " it tells how names of places and streets were formed. I have also been to Chinaman's well on the Coorong and was apart of my yr12 school study camp , I have in turn taught my kids about it and the location. History goes on

Right on about education(sic). Especially on the quality of university graduates. As to alleged offense towards peoples of a particular ethnicity, the thought comes to mind: Person - NOT of (ethnic group) decides after this manner: 'Whether or not anyone of (ethnic group) has really taken offense, I hereby take offense in the name of (ethnic group)'.

Bowen has certainly ticked off at least 7 million homes full of people, thats probably 28 million people at 4 people per home

Left Wing Socialist tax payer funded Councils .................... God give us a break .............!!!

Swildle factory Bowen is a joke,he must have money invested in them.

Well, they were just as it says they were - what's the problem?

So what, it's a part of our history. No country, race, or person is perfect. Are we going to re name colours from white, black, yellow, and brown to some stupid woke term?

Good luck getting Captain Blackout on the show.

And now you can't plant vegetables under wind farms because of pollution droppings from the blades

We have Chinamans hill road,why are we wasting time and giving this oxygen?

No need not offended at all. It's funny even

Let me know when Bowen in on ......... i'll go and get drunk and play ping pong .

Chinese work hard, let them be

Bowen is as Ignorant as the silly councilors proposing the name change.

somerville victoria - there was a road called blackscamp road , someone complained and it is now called worrong road ( or something very similar to that ) as the council dont want to offend any ONE , but lets just throw away history of what happened in this area :/

History never defeats, I ask my before I go creep

I object to "White Street"

1688 views 12 comments, mostly the usual drivel, time to drop Plimer.

Maybe they were Japanese?

Chinese were well respected in south auustrslia . . Stone work throughout iss also payr of their heritage .women needs to come noryh and.learn our joint hisyorys

Simple, identify the complainant.