Talk:City of Merri-bek

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Some updates
I have gone ahead and updated some missing bits incl current mayor, 2006 population and the state and federal electorates. I also removed the reference to Coburg East as no such suburb exists. Mustard Pot 11:50, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

External links modified
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Potential Council name change due to historical link to slavery and dispossession
I have moved the external link from the text to a citation, did some minor correction, and also added a reference to The Age news story regarding potential name change. I know there has also been two op-ed pieces in the Age both for and against changing the Council name which I have chosen to ignore from the article. At some stage this section discussing a Name change may need to be moved to its own formal section. This issue is likely to develop and we need to ensure neutral reporting and noteability about any developments.Takver (talk) 07:24, 2 December 2021 (UTC)
 * As it currently stands, the description of events makes no sense. The article says that the story behind the name was discovered in March 2021, even though it was already public knowledge since 2010. A very small amount of reading between the lines further suggests that it was actually public knowledge since 1839. Whatever was discovered in 2021 was not the basis of the name Moreland. Without knowing specifically what the author is referring to, I can't accurately change the words myself, but I suspect that the events of 2021 constitute a "renewed interest in the back-story", "activism initiated in 2021" or something along those lines; certainly not a "discovery". (124.171.66.85 (talk) 09:34, 14 December 2021 (UTC))

Removal of "using cash freed up by the 1833 abolition of slavery"
I have removed the reference to:  "using cash freed up by the 1833 abolition of slavery in the British Empire[citation needed]"

There is no evidence for this. The earlier part of the article states that Farquhar's father and grandfather were employed operating the plantation. He himself trained as a doctor and worked as such in Victoria. In the UCL Legacies web site the owner of the plantation is given as James Mitchell from 1799, then his estate, and then his son James H. Mitchell up to 1832. The £11,437 3s 3d compensation for Moreland under the 1833 Act was paid to James Henry Mitchell (Owner-in-fee).

Gwat00 (talk) 10:50, 16 May 2022 (UTC)