MULLAWALLAH'S out, but what will be in?
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Ballarat council's back-down on a proposed new suburb name has attracted interest from punters, with Sportsbet offering odds on other options including "Beardington", "Winter Creek" and "Deakin".
Beardington is the favourite at $2.75, while "B-town" will pay out $51 - even though the company says it has no chance.
“We have heard about parents fighting over a kids name, but a disagreement about a suburb name is a new one," said Sportsbet's Shaun Anderson.
Council voted on Wednesday night to abandon the name Mullawallah, chosen to honour an Aboriginal elder, after a backlash from residents.
In September, Beardington topped a poll by The Courier asking readers for their preferred name for the new suburb.
The odds for the new suburb name at 11am Thursday were:
$2.75 Beardington
$4.50 Yorkdale
$5.00 Winter Creek
$6.00 Deakin
$8.00 Greenhalgh
$9.00 Cherrybrook
$11 Ballarat West
$12 Royal Park
$16 Greendale Heights
$17 Mullawallah
$19 Kensington
$34 Acacia
$51 B-Town
$51 Ratsville
$67 Wilson Park
$67 Wilson Heights
$67 Wilson Creek
$67 Napthine
$81 Gillard
$101 Abbott
$101 Rudd
$151 Bishop
$251 Sportsbet
