A sign welcoming refugees and asylum seekers to the Bega Valley Shire has needed to be replaced about eight months after it was installed due to damage by vandals.
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Bega Valley was the first council in Australia to become a Rural Australians for Refugees-initiated Welcome Town.
To celebrate Refugee Week in June last year, Bega Valley Shire Council installed a refugee welcome sign outside Bega library.
This week a spokesperson for council confirmed the original sign was damaged by vandals, who had not been identified, and had been replaced by a new one.
“After damage caused by vandalism to the sign in December and January, a new sign has been erected at the corner of Gipps St and Zingel Place, Bega,” the spokesperson said.
“The post was re-set with concrete and a new sign attached.”
The spokesperson said the new sign was made by a local firm and the installation undertaken by local contractor, with the cost totalling $379.
Albert McKnight
Journalist at Bega District News.
Journalist at Bega District News.
