Bargara Football Club embraces culture with First Nations name change to Mee'barr and Bar'aggi

 A junior soccer team from the Bundaberg region is embracing First Nations names to acknowledge and connect with local Indigenous culture. 

On a sporting oval surrounded by palm trees and overlooking the blue ocean, a group of under 5s burn off their post-school energy by kicking soccer balls.

The children are members of the Bargara Football Club and their teams now go by the names of Mee'barr meaning 'salt water turtle', and Bar'aggi meaning 'warrior' in the local Indigenous language, Taribelang Bunda.

Club representative Kath Campbell said such a simple gesture would have a big impact.

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