Who's we, trol.....umm, PALE?.

"I am well aware of the attitude of 'some' new age people arriving.

The ones who start demanding lawyers Drs houses special birthday parties arranged trips back and forth and special food." (Quote: PALE&IF).

EXCUSE ME?? Could you provide examples?

PALE...

on the issue of street names. In Malaysia, they went through a phase of re-naming most or many of the old Engish names from the colonial period... but there is one area which still amazes me.. that I thought would have been changed for sure.

"JALAN WESLEY" (Wesley Road) near Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur. There is also a large Methodist education centre nearby..

I often think.. how blessed John Wesley would feel if he knew a road in Malaysia.. was named after him.. But knowing what I do of Wesley from history..he would prefer not to have his own name anywhere.. rather that of his Lord.. Jesus.

TOPIC.. Antonios... regarding the naming of streets.. I guess many of them were named prior to migrants coming?

But whether or not 'some' areas have high non Anglo Saxon populations.. why should that mean they change the cultural flavor in terms of their own ? Why not simply accept that they came to a predominantly Anglo Saxon country..and all that means.. and not want to mess with the street names to make 'them' feel more comfy and 'we' feel less comfy..

The clear 2 sided coin is.."IF" they feel more comfortable with familiar 'old country' street names...then does it not automatically mean 'we' would feel 'less' comfortable with street names from 'other' old countries?

If you start with street names...why not extend it to language? or many other aspects of life. Lets have 'Greek, Italian,Romanian, Russian, Arabic as 'official' languages in Australia to 'recognize the contribution migrants have made'.....and while we are at it..lets also teach the individual histories of each of these language/cultural groups....

don't you see some problems here ?

Boazy: " In Malaysia, they went through a phase of re-naming most or many of the old Engish names from the colonial period... but there is one area which still amazes me.. that I thought would have been changed for sure.

'JALAN WESLEY' (Wesley Road) near Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur. There is also a large Methodist education centre nearby.. "

Would that be the same Malaysia that you frequently deride in this forum as an intolerant, predominantly Muslim society?

As I pointed out in my earlier post - street names in cities already have various european names. As do parks, and other historic places.

Foreign languages have been taught for quite some time. The Victorian Department of Education - runs a Saturday morning program at most high schools - to enable students to study community languages. It enables them to build up extra points towards their HSC, and makes entrance to university easier.

I've just looked up the history of street names in Adealide - out of curiousity. It seems that 63 names for the streets and square of Adelaide were bestowed by a committee on the 23 May 1837. Two months after the first land sales in Adelaide had taken place.

They represent, except in a few cases, founders, friends, and promoters of South Australia. Some of the pioneer/founders had laboured for over 6 years to establish a colony.

If you're interested Antonios, go into the State Library,
they've got some fascinating historical material on the naming of the streets in Adelaide. It may give you a truer perspective of the city's
founders and pioneers.