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South African apartheid-era flag still flying in NSW town of Cooma, sparking controversy

A council in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains is standing firm on its decision to fly the apartheid-era South African flag despite pleas from the country's High Commission, advocates and some residents.

The flag flies in Cooma among nearly 30 others in the Historic Avenue of Flags, which represent the nationalities of all the workers who helped build the Snowy Hydro Scheme in the 1950s.

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