How Hobart, Sydney and Melbourne are reckoning with statues of colonial-era white men in an age of truth telling

These misty-eyed monuments often paper over atrocities against Indigenous peoples – something that is finally being officially recognised This is the tale of three cities and the same number of statues, two of them colonial era and one from early this century. All were erected to celebrate the experiences of prominent white men who lived in colonial Australian times and who respectively treated the Indigenous people of their realms barbarously, murderously and contemptuously. Continue reading...