Aboriginal Affairs Minister Roger Jaensch says he is open to discussing concerns from the Aboriginal community about the name of the Batman Bridge and other sites.
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Moves are already under way as part of a renewed push for reconciliation in Tasmania to list landscape features and physical structures that have names considered offensive to Aboriginal Tasmanians.
A 13-member committee of Aboriginal community members is taking part in the process, with problematic names for structures to be discussed in 2021.
Mr Jaensch said it was important to have an open mind when it came to discussing Tasmania's history.
"I'm certainly happy to hear their concerns and to discuss that with them in the name of reconciliation," he said.
"I want to understand first, and I think what we need as a community, is to understand the history and the implications of the naming of some of these things.
"We shouldn't be afraid of understanding more about the history of Tasmania - the good and the bad - and use that to inform our decisions."
Grazier and explorer John Batman's self-admitted killing of Aboriginal Tasmanians at Ben Lomond, and other problematic aspects of his dealings with Aboriginals, led to him being stripped of his recognition in Victoria in 2018, however the Batman Bridge which crosses the Tamar Raver remained named in his honour.
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Reconciliation Tasmania chief executive Mark Redmond said the issue of problematic place names was the subject of a dual naming committee, and it would be important to have the support of local communities and councils - such as George Town and West Tamar - as part of the discussion.
He said Reconciliation Tasmania supported the renaming of the bridge.
"From the organisation's perspective, it should be changed, but it should be up to dual naming committee as to what that should be changed to," Mr Redmond said.
"The history of John Batman means he does not deserve to be kept as the name of that bridge.
"The local Aboriginal community in North East Tasmania should have a say about what that important structure should be named."
Various problematic place names have been raised recently, particularly on the far-North-West Coast.