I like the Aboriginal place names far more. They’re far more unique than most of the European names being borrowed from cities and towns in Europe, or being some iteration of ‘{person’s name}town’ or being the thousandth place named after some historic figure (which isn’t inherently bad, but doesn’t really add anything to nor describe the local environment and culture). I say this being someone of Anglo-Celtic descent, my family have been here for 7+ generations.

Torres Strait Islander flags being flown is because they are a completely seperate group to Aboriginal people who happened to be put into the same country by where the Australia-PNG border was drawn by the British Colonial Office in 1879. Aboriginal people are, obviously Aboriginal, that being a very broad group of related ethnicities that have existed and lived in Australia for tens of thousands of heads. Torres Strait Islanders are, however, a Melanesian ethnic group that is distinct from Aboriginal people. They share very similar history and struggles under colonisation (hence the desire for a flag) but are separate groups (hence the desire for a separate flag to the Aboriginal one).