For decades it was named after an English baron. Now this Darwin beach has a Larrakia name

For many decades, a popular stretch of sand on the edge of Darwin's CBD was named after a cattle baron from England.International company Vestey Brothers built an abattoir on the cliffs overlooking the beach in 1914But Vesteys Beach has now officially changed to Bundilla Beach to acknowledge Darwin's traditional owners, the Larrakia people.

Lord Vestey's company also controlled Wave Hill Station, 700 kilometres south of Darwin, where the Gurindji people, led by Vincent Lingiari, initiated their historic walk-off in 1966. "And today hopefully this sign here will build a bridge and an understanding for everybody to embrace and to go forward."

The renaming of the beach is part of a government push to better recognise traditional owners across the Northern Territory.

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