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Push to change name of Tasmania’s Batman Bridge, north of Launceston
The Launceston City Council has thrown its support behind a growing push to rename the Batman Bridge in Tasmania’s north as Aboriginal leaders call for “white-washed history” to be undone.
Key points:
- The Launceston City Council will lobby the state government to change the name of Batman Bridge
- The bridge is named after John Batman, who killed at least a dozen Aboriginal Tasmanians in the 1800s
- It comes as other places in the state receive dual names or are completely renamed
The bridge crossing kanamaluka/River Tamar, between the West Tamar and George Town municipalities outside of Launceston, was named after Australian grazier and explorer John Batman in the 1960s.
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