Merri-bek City Council
"In November 2021, Traditional Owner representatives of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation requested the then Moreland City Council change its name, due to its association with racism, slavery and dispossession. Following collaboration and consultation with the Wurundjeri, a truth-telling process with our community and support from the Victorian Government, in September 2022 the name of the Council officially changed to Merri-bek, meaning “rocky country” in Woi-wurrung language."
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