On Tuesday 18 July a special event will be held at Franklinford Streamside Reserve to honor the new name given to Jim Crow Creek.

The creek will now be called Larni Barramal Yaluk, which translates to "the creek that flows through the home or dreaming place of the emu".

After more than a decade of advocacy from Dja Dja Wurrung leaders, the creek was renamed earlier this year.

Dja Dja Wurrung Group chief executive Rodney Carter had said the creek has finally been liberated.

"The creek has an identity and a spirit," he said.

"We are at last affording it the respect it deserves by giving back its name — to now say its name is speaking to country in the most beautiful way."

This renaming ceremony will begin at 1pm on Tuesday and is happening during the United Nation's Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 to 2032).

This initiative recognises the importance of preserving and reviving Indigenous languages, as many of them are in danger of disappearing forever.

The creek originally formed the boundary of the Franklin Ford Aboriginal mission station when it was in use up to 1867 and at the time was known as 'Black Protectorates Creek'.

The current name of Jim Crow was given to the site in 1890. Known widely as a racist and derogatory term, Jim Crow refers to racial segregation laws that were active in the United States.

Both Hepburn Shire Council and Mount Alexander Shire Councils voted unanimously for the change, but there were several objections submitted.