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Racist street name in Byron hinterland to be wiped off map

Racist street name in Byron hinterland to be wiped off map
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Why this street name is set to be wiped off the map

Byron Shire Council last Thursday announced Hottentot Crescent in Mullumbimby, just west of Brunswick Heads, will soon be renamed Moonlight Close .

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