A meeting with a NSW Government minister may be the last chance for families fighting to save the historic cottages on Chinaman's Island.
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Michelle Innes, member of the Saving Chinaman's Island group, will meet with Minister for Water, Property and Housing, Melinda Pavey at Parliament House in Sydney on Thursday.
"This meeting will be the opportunity we need to present our case for saving the cottages and as such we need to show as much community support as possible," Mrs Innes said.
The families fighting to save the buildings, which were won by ballot mid-way through the 20th century, will be taking letters of support from Cr Patricia White, on behalf of Shoalhaven City Council, and Robyn Kerves, president of the Conjola Community Association.
In June, the owners were "suddenly" notified there were trespass orders on all the properties and locks were changed on the buildings.
If anyone would like to write a letter of support you can email it to savingchinamansisland@outlook.com and we will print it and take it with us. Please wish us luck, this meeting may be the chance we need to finally save the Cottages.
Mrs Innes was notified that Crown Lands would be moving towards demolition of cottages situated on the island in the middle of Lake Conjola. In July, Mrs Innes said there was no current time-frame for demolition, but was assured families will be consulted.
The families want Minister Pavey to overturn the demolition orders and Council to jointly manage the cottages.
"If anyone would like to write a letter of support you can email it to savingchinamansisland@outlook.com and we will print it and take it with us. Please wish us luck, this meeting may be the chance we need to finally save the Cottages," Mrs Innes said.