Talk:Nimbin, New South Wales
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Nimbin is a great place to discover yourself, through different culture.
Why did this need to be moved? Is there another Nimbin?
Nimbin, very appropriately, is the chemical name of a toxic substance found in some plants!
I'm sorry, why are you disputing the nuetrality of this article? Nimbin is a very significant town in Australian history and culture, for the very reasons mentioned. The article certainly needs to be cleaned up, and expanded to do justice to the wider history of the town. But I don't believe it is biased.
What aspects are into question?
Also, it seems like Nimbin is Australia's Vancouver/Amsterdam. Rock on.
This article is not so much biased, as it reads like it was typed in by some bleary-eyed hippy.
The article was moved because the Wiki standard is to name towns along with their state/province, unless there is some global significance which makes the place unique (eg. New York City or Melbourne.) And no, being the dope capital of Australia does not make it globally significant! --Jquarry 04:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
ps. I once drove thru Nimbin, at 8pm on a Saturday and it was DEAD!
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- 8pm! of course, they were all greened-out and in bed! --Ballchef 13:35, 15 October 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Over-emphasis of Cannabis
I think this article places too much emphasis on Cannabis in the Nimbin community. While many Cannabis activists and users make Nimbin their home, there is also a lot more to Nimbin than Cannabis use. Historically Nimbin played a significant role as the counterculture capital of Australia, and that's a much bigger profile than Cannabis alone. Alternative culture had a huge influence on mainstream culture during the 1970s and 1980s. This is also reflected in the fact that the NSW State Library maintains what is called the 'Rainbow Archives', a specific archive for the alternative culture. In the more conservative mood that currently dominates Australia, there is a cringe factor in regards to alternative culture, but the reality is that Nimbin is historically significant. Once the Culture Wars are a thing of the past, we may view Nimbin with greater objectivity, but we are not there yet. In it's cultural dissidence style and its historical importance to Australia, Nimbin and the Aquarius Festival have parrallels to the Eureka Stockade. So my sugestion is to broaden the presentation of this article so it's not so Cannabis focused (reads too much like a promo for Mardigrass) and to raise the importance rating more in line with the NSW Sate Library.--user:John Moss 2 June, 2007.
- You have a point, but the name Nimbin is synonymous with the green weed. I live about a 40 minute drive from the place and I can assure you and anyone else that if you mention the word "Nimbin" to anyone in the Northern Rivers, the first thing they'll think of it is ganja. Hell, if you walk any length of time down what passes as Nimbin's main street, you'll get propositioned to buy some "smoko". But no, Nimbin to me is the gateway to places like Nightcap National Park, the Nimbin Rocks and other places of natural beauty, but you're on a hiding to nothing trying to have the place associated with anything other than ganja in the popular mindset. Peter1968 22:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Many places go through different stages, and Nimbin is no exception. My connection with Nimbin goes back many decades, and I've witnessed the changes on the street of the village firsthand. I went there in the 1970s when it was the icon of counterculture following the Aquarius Festival, when young idealistic university students and drop-outs were trying to pioneer an alternative lifestyle on communes along sustainable lines - a fascinating social experiment. To evaluate Nimbin's role in Australian history solely on the basis of the street scene now (the communes are actually in the hills around Nimbin, and are not viewed by cursary drive-threws at 8pm) would be like looking at Circular Quay and just saying its only a park and ferry terminal (maybe some people do say that). Maybe the popular mindset now does primarily associate Nimbin Village with ganja, but does that determine objective history? When the Acropolis was being broken-up for stone fences was that its only value? History is more than popular mindsets of the culture of the day. I think it's important that the Nimbin districts early significant role in experimental social and sustainable lifestyles comes to the fore if we are to accurately reflect history. Also, Wiki is more than a travelogue. User:John Moss 6 June, 2007.
- Ok, here's a suggestion for reformating this article.
- Given that Nimbin (both village and district) has played a significant historical role in the counterculture movement in Australia, taking a timeline approach is most probably the best way to approach the Nimbin entrant for Wiki. I'd like to suggest an article structure along these historical headings:
- Pre-European Australian Aboriginal hsitory. - Colonial History until 1972. - Aquarius Festival and commune movement. - Recent history.
- I'm not suggesting removal of the Cannabis focus entirely, but rather place it more under the 'recent history' heading. Any feedback? User:John Moss 8 June, 2007.
[edit] Bundjalung sign is unreadable.
Can someone find a better copy of the sign in the native language. The one shown is unreadable as it is too far away. --Dmol (talk) 17:08, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
- That's my fault - I took it with a crappy camera. I'm going to get an admin to delete it as it's rubbish. If someone doesn't beat me to it, I'll go up there again and take a much clearer picture. Peter1968 (talk) 21:20, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
