NSW national park to be renamed due to Ben Boyd’s links to slave trade in mid-1800s
by Christopher Knaus from on (#5RWRA)
Indigenous leaders say renaming public spaces suggests we are moving forward as a society and repairing relationships'
The New South Wales government will rename Ben Boyd national park on the state's south coast due to the pastoralist's association with blackbirding.
The environment minister, Matt Kean, announced the move on Sunday after an independent report showed Boyd's involvement in blackbirding in the mid-1800s was viewed by many at the time as a form of slavery.
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