Aurora Stadium
I WONDER how many Launcestonians are aware that our footy ground on Invermay Round has an official title that goes back to 1901?
That name still stands today … it is York Park, named after the Duke of York after his visit to Tasmania.
Are we disrespecting his memory by using an alternate commercial name and ignoring the history of this site?
My understanding is that as he was the Duke of York and Cornwall, that was the reason for Cornwall Square being so named.
We have now denigrated Cornwall Square by selling off part of it for 30 pieces of silver, or maybe a bit more, we’ve done the same to York Park, this is the second time as it’s now Aurora Stadium.
Perhaps our fly-in, fly-out general manager who appears to have more power than our aldermen would consider selling off the Town Hall, Albert Hall and the Cenotaph and leasing them back?
Ron Baines, Kings Meadows.
