Inner-city council vows to change name after discovering slave labour link

Moreland City Council will move to change the name of its municipality after discovering it was named after a Jamaican sugar plantation that used slave labour.

New Greens mayor Mark Riley told Tom Elliott it was committed to finding a new name for the council.

“It was pretty shocking, and very saddening,” he said, when asked how he felt when he found out about the links.

The proposal is likely to be voted on at a council meeting in December.

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