‘Shocked’: Mt Wellington’s indigenous name butchered in new Hobart Monopoly board game

Local residents were excited to get their hands on the Hobart edition of an iconic board game only to discover an embarrassing error that has left its manufacturer mortified. THE ERROR >>

A board game manufacturer has been left ‘mortified’ after a spelling error was spotted on the newly released Monopoly Hobart edition.

Local resident Peter Dragolic spotted the blunder after recently purchasing the game while on a family trip to Bruny Island, taking to Twitter to express his dismay.

“I have just purchased a #monopoly #Hobart edition for my kids (and me) and was shocked how #HasbroGaming could afford this spelling mistake of Mount Wellington #kunanyi not kunyani” he said.

Disappointed with the purchase Mr Dragolic told the Mercury he expected more from a manufacturer with such a global reputation.

“When you decide to make a game where you come across of such an interesting and unique names, Aboriginal names, I would make sure I get it right,” he said.

“Our family has a huge respect to Aboriginal history and culture and to be honest, this incorrect spelling of kunanyi doesn’t sit well with me. The mountain has a great significance among Aboriginal people and the misspelling should be corrected as soon as possible.”

The indigenous name for Mt Wellington has been misspelt in the new Hobart edition of the Monopoly game. Picture: @gawnarPeter / Twitter

The indigenous name for Mt Wellington has been misspelt in the new Hobart edition of the Monopoly game. Picture: @gawnarPeter / Twitter

Winning Moves Australia, the manufacturer behind the Monopoly community editions distributes ‘customised and licensed editions of Hasbro’s classic board games” across the country.

The company’s Head of Custom Games Marc Dragicevic nailed the ‘shocking mistake’ down to ‘human error’

“We have very recently been made aware of a spelling error on the 2nd brown square of some of the boards in the game, due to human error,” Mr Dragicevic told the Mercury.

“We have a team of fact checkers, and we do everything we can to ensure this does not happen. We apologise profusely and are swiftly working with our production factory to print new boards of the correct version,”

“If anyone finds this error on their board and wishes to replace it, please contact [e-mail] and we will arrange for a new board to be sent out to replace the piece within their game.”