Call to honour Illawarra flight pioneer Lawrence Hargrave

By Kate McIlwain
Updated August 6 2014 - 10:52pm, first published 10:00pm
Lawrence Hargrave successfully experimented with a box kite flying machine.
Lawrence Hargrave successfully experimented with a box kite flying machine.

A Wollongong councillor pushing to have Sydney's new airport named after Illawarra flight pioneer Lawrence Hargrave will ask Prime Minister Tony Abbott to support a Facebook naming competition for the Badgerys Creek site.

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