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.

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.

Known as the founder of Melbourne, people across the country have been…