A CABLE car proponent's use of the name kunanyi is attention seeking but will help promote the Aboriginal name for Mt Wellington, Tasmania's indigenous community says.
The Mercury revealed today that Adrian Bold had bought the domain name kunanyi.org and several other variations. People who enter the address online are redirected to his Mr Bold's Mt Wellington cable car website.
"It's a rather pathetic attempt to get attention but it's certainly helped us get the issue of the name out there," Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre CEO Heather Sculthorpe said.
Mr Bold yesterday said he hoped to work with the Aboriginal community on the issue of the cable car. He said the project would bring opportunities for better interpretation of the mountain's rich Aboriginal history.
He said he had attempted to have a meeting with the indigenous community.
Ms Sculthorpe said the centre had been emailed today by the Mt Wellington cable car company.
The centre is opposed to development on the mountain, including the long-mooted cable car.
State Aboriginal Affairs Minister Cassy O'Connor has described Mr Bold's use of the name as "disrespectful".
The State Government last week announced a dual naming plan for a range of Tasmanian locations including Mt Wellington (kunanyi), Clarke Island (lungtalanana), Bay or Fires (larapuna) and the Tarkine (takayna).
Past name changes include the Asbestos Range National Park in the state's north, which after seven years of agitation by tourism businesses was changed to Narawntapu in 2000.
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