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Newcastle Herald letters to the editor, February 27, 2021: Island's offensive name belongs in the past

By Letters to the Editor
February 27 2021 - 7:30am
Island's offensive name belongs in the past
Island's offensive name belongs in the past

I WAS bemused to read Mark Gattenhof's letter regarding the proposed name change of Coon Island (Letters, 25/2). I'm most certainly surprised and somewhat disappointed that attitudes of this nature still exists in modern Australia.

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