The toppling of statues overseas might give Australia pause to reconsider who we celebrate | Paul Daley

Submitted by Paul Daley on Wed, 10/06/2020 - 4:24pm

Across the country are university buildings and monuments dedicated to killers of Indigenous people

Indigenous Australians and their supporters have for over a century been perplexed about some statues and place names that make false assertions about white European achievement and celebrate the murderers and murder of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Curiously, it was not until 2017 when a debate broke out over the removal of Confederate statues in America, that a broader cultural and media awareness gave rise to the so-called “statue wars” here.

A longer overdue and bigger discussion is warranted on whether older statues and monuments should be removed