Whatisinaname?TheriseandfallofJimCrowfromtheUSAtoRockhampton.
Rockhampton:• Founded1853itisoneoftheoldestcitiesinQueensland• SituatedonthelandsoftheDarumbalPeople- firstrecognizedastraditionalownerson
the21June2016aftera23yearlegalbattle.• Determinationarea- 2500squarekilometres oflandinandaroundRockhampton,
Yeppoon andMarlborough.Source(image):Wikimedia
FirstStrategy:ThinkPuzzleExplorehttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org
1. YouareabouttowatchafilmaboutSegregationandJimCrowlaws.Whatdoyouthink thefilmmaybeabout?Theimageaboveprovidesaclue.
2. Thefilmtakes3:57minutes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yJA7LdJNwU
3. Whatquestionsorpuzzles doyouhave?
4. Whatdoesthefilmmakeyouwanttoexplore?
Source(image):UnitedStatesLibraryofCongress'sPrintsandPhotographsdivisionunderthedigitalIDppmsc.00199.
SecondStrategy:MakingItFair:Now,Then,Laterhttp:www.visiblethinkingpz.org
1. Whatcouldbedonetoacknowledgethepre-colonialpastofthemountainandalegacyofshamefeltbymembersofthecommunity?
2. Askstudentstobrainstormideasforthingstheymightdoto“makeitfair.”
3. Sort thelistintoactionsthatrelatetomakingthesituationfairinthepast,now,orforthefuture.
4. Studentsselectoneideatheythinkhasthemostmeritandexpandonit,eitherverballyorinwriting.
WatchDarumbaleldersexplaintheirneedtohaveMountJimCrowandMtWheelerrenamedtotheiroriginalDarumbalnames(1.5minutes).https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/videos/calls-rename-mt-jim-crow-and-mt-wheeler/46600/
Source(image):https://www.aussiebushwalking.com/qld/mount-jim-crow
ThirdStrategy:IusedtoThink...NowIthink...http:www.visiblethinkingpz.org
SignstoMountJimCrowremovedaheadofitsformalnamechangeon18May2018.HenceforthitwillbelegallycalledBaga.
Source(image):http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-15/jim-crow-sign-taken-down/9763590
1. OnthetopicofchangingthenamesofplaceswithracistconnotationsIusedtothink….
2. Butnow,Ithink...
LinkstothestoryofBaga formerlyMountJimCrow• DarumbalEnterprisesisanon-profitorganisation thatactsonbehalfofDarumbalpeople.
http://dharumbal.com.au/our-heritage/our-history/
• Darumbal landmarknativetitledecision(22June2016)https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/darumbal-landmark-native-title-decision/3049456/
• EmotionalpushtoreturniconiclandmarkstoDarumbal names(22February,2017)
https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/emotional-push-to-return-iconic-landmarks-back-to-/3146342/
• Ablotonthelandscape':Queenslandcallstimeonracistplacenames(30August2017)
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/aug/30/a-blot-on-the-landscape-queensland-calls-time-on-racist-place-names
• RacistPast:Thehistoryofourplacenames(22ndFeb2017)
https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/racist-past-the-history-of-our-place-names/3146622/
