[talk-au] Dual naming in NSW

Tom Brennan website at ozultimate.com
Mon Jun 5 22:06:25 UTC 2023


There are an increasing number of places/features in NSW that are 
getting dual (aboriginal) naming.

For example:
- Booraghee / Bradleys Head
- Cooyoyo / The Castle
- Fort Denison / Muddawahnyuh

 From the point of view of the Geographic Names Board, there doesn't 
appear to be any primacy given to one name or the other.

Is there a view as to how to record these in OSM?

The specific aboriginal language is not necessarily known.

There are obviously tags like 'alt_name' that can be used to store a 
second name, but not sure if that's most appropriate in cases like this.

cheers
Tom
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