Coon Island and Coon Island Point

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The NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government has approved the names Pirrita Island and Miners Point, following the Geographical Names Board (GNB) placing the renaming proposals for Coon Island to Pirrita Island and Coon Island Point to Miners Point on public exhibition in late 2021.

GNB published a gazette notice under the Geographical Names Act 1996 advising of the new place names, and at the same time, the name Coon Island and Coon Island Point was discontinued by way of another gazette: Government Gazette No 217 of Friday 20 May 2022 (nsw.gov.au).

The NSW Minister for Customer Service and Digital Government has approved the names Pirrita Island and Miners Point, following the Geographical Names Board (GNB) placing the renaming proposals for Coon Island to Pirrita Island and Coon Island Point to Miners Point on public exhibition in late 2021.

GNB published a gazette notice under the Geographical Names Act 1996 advising of the new place names, and at the same time, the name Coon Island and Coon Island Point was discontinued by way of another gazette: Government Gazette No 217 of Friday 20 May 2022 (nsw.gov.au).

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