racism, deification and nostalgia for empire

  • Written by: Benjamin T. Jones, Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Only one prime minister is honoured with a statue on the grounds of the Australian National University. Despite the university’s name, it is not an Australian. Rather, the stern face of Britain’s war-time prime minister Winston Churchill greets students on the Canberra campus. Although the ANU was founded in 1946, the...

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