Newcastle News
PRESSURE MOUNTING FOR ISLAND’S NAME TO CHANGE

Pressure is mounting on Lake Macquarie Council to apply to rename an island off Swansea.
Members of Bahtabah aboriginal land council and the local MP say Coon Island is a racial slur… and believe that once people know the origin of the name, they’ll see there’s no valid argument for keeping it.
PRESSURE MOUNTING FOR ISLAND’S NAME TO CHANGE
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