A South Australian council has voted to keep the controversial name of a rural road in Penola. A descendant of one of the first Chinese people in the area says renaming Chinamans Lane would erase a part of local history.
A new resident of Chinamans Lane in Penola asked for the name of the road to be changed.A regional South Australian council has voted unanimously to retain the name of a road that has been identified as a slur against Chinese people.
"It is embarrassing when sharing my address with others, and I find myself apologising for the term, particularly when communicating with Asian Australians," the resident wrote in an email.Mayor Des Noll said the name is an important part of the area's history. The council's road naming policy says changing the name would involve it going out to consultation for four weeks.
Upon his arrival, his name was anglicised to John Chuck, with roads in the South East bearing that name. "When we look at some of the ways councils have incorporated Chinese history, and for this I'll use the example of Bendigo and Ballarat, they have actually embraced and developed tourist precincts which, from my understanding, are quite lucrative and well patronised but here it seems there's the reverse attitude of, 'Let's just wipe it off the map,'" he said.
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