Book spotlights Melbourne’s uncomfortable Indigenous history

Academic exploration of leading university’s traditions uncovers dispossession, eugenics and grave robbing

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May 29, 2024

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May 28, 2024

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Source: James Henry

Book editors James Waghorne, Ross Jones and Marcia Langton

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