Grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery Grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery 09/07/2021 | 3 MINS This article by Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History at LIT, and Zoe Laidlaw from The University of Melbourne, originally appeared in The Conversation on Friday 9 July 2021. As countries around the globe struggle to come to terms with the legacies of their imperial and colonial pasts, much debate about truth-telling focuses on how we remember individuals. The statues and street names honouring the achievements of eminent white men are now often seen as monuments to their privilege, secured at othersΓÇÖ expense. In Bristol, England, the toppled statue of slave trader Edward Colston now lies in a museum, daubed with red paint. In Australia, Captain James Cook is a contested national symbol. In Perth, Western Australia, recent proposals to change the name of the City of Stirling have been hotly debated, prompted by the role of the first governor, Sir James Stirling, in the 1834 Pinjarra Massacre. This public

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 July Grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery Grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery 09/07/2021 | 3 MINS This article by Jane Lydon, Wesfarmers Chair of Australian History at LIT, and Zoe Laidlaw from The University of Melbourne, originally appeared in The Conversation on Friday 9 July 2021.

As countries around the globe struggle to come to terms with the legacies of their imperial and colonial pasts, much debate about truth-telling focuses on how we remember individuals.

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