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The New South Wales governor, arguably the most eulogised of colonial leaders, ordered the massacre of Indigenous men, women and children at Appin
Australia has long revered the fifth governor of New South Wales, Lachlan Macquarie, as an enlightened humanitarian who brought civilisation to the colony.
But it’s time for a rethink.
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There are many chilling postscripts to Macquarie’s act of murder and terrorism. Child abduction is but one
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