NSW renames national park over pastoralist Ben Boyd’s links to slavery in Pacific

New name Beowa means orca in Thaua language and comes after consultation with Aboriginal and South Sea Islander communities

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A national park in New South Wales that was named after a pastoralist linked to the slave trade has been renamed.

The move to rename Ben Boyd national park was announced last year and new signs were installed at Beowa national park near Eden on Friday.

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