In today's Sydney Morning Herald there are some great letters from people calling for Ben Boyd's name to be removed from a National Park, Neutral Bay Street and Neutral Bay School house. It got me thinking that it would be great to have some local letters going to the Mosman Daily about this.  

If you want to help out please send a letter to editor@mosmandaily.com.au setting out why you think the name of a slaver who kidnapped over 100 South Sea Islanders should be removed from a prominent Neutral Bay street.

Also please keep sharing the petition among friends and family.

For inspiration here are today's letters in the Sydney Morning Herald:

Mad about the Boyd

Ben Boyd brought his first shipment of Islanders to NSW in 1847 (Letters, June 20-21). The slave trade had been abolished in the British empire in 1807 and slavery in 1833. Even in the context of his time, Boyd’s actions were illegal. Statues provide a very selective picture of Australia’s history: that of a predominantly white, wealthy and male perspective. Even though the context in which they were built was racist and misogynistic, by maintaining such a pitiful imbalance, we perpetuate a society that limits our perception of what it is to be worthy of commemoration. - Isobel Page, Hornsby Heights
 
Boyd was controversial in his own time (Letters, June 20-21). Slavery was technically illegal in Australia and Boyd's charitable works were funded by defrauding the Royal Bank of Australia. As with Queen's Birthday Honours, statues are often given to the wrong person for the wrong reason. If removing them is rewriting history, then so be it. Sometimes the written record needs to be corrected. - Ben Aveling, Alexandria

Boyd's behaviour is not merely unacceptable today, but was deemed so by the NSW Legislative Council in his lifetime. Yet a public park was named in his honour in 1971 – 120 years after he permanently left Australia. - Al Svirskis, Mount Druitt