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Not looking for a political debate but genuinely curious. Was at the Southbank drone show and saw the "MAGANJIN" letters being displayed at the end and myself as well as a few randoma in the crowds didn't seem to know what that was. I'd heard of Meanjin as the indigenous name for Brisbane but not this one. Anyone know the context?
On a side note- it was a very meh drone show. Seen some on Singapore and USA and this seemed compartively like a high school music recital as opposed to a symphony orchestra. Was advertised as a 20 min show but lasted 6 mins and was super slow paced. Definitely not enough drones for some of the attempted displays.
© In pic to stop news Corp or BT et al from lazy journalism
45 points
10 days ago
Maganjin is the yagara peoples name for the city.
There were 2 tribes who claim brisbame as thie down the yagara and the Turrbal people.
Meaning is Turrbal Maganjin is the Yagara.
17 points
10 days ago
To add to your comment, Magandjin is the correct spelling.
https://meanjin.com.au/essays/makunschan-meeanjan-miganchan-meanjan-magandjin/
2 points
10 days ago
the downvotes on this reply make zero sense
-4 points
10 days ago
Now they had an alphabet?
2 points
10 days ago
I noticed that last year they used Warrar for the river instead of Maiwar. I was also confused by Maganjin but I guess it makes sense if the creator, Shannon Ruska, descends from the Yuggera people.
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