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Hero or Villain? The plot to cancel Captain Cook

23 July 2022

8:00 AM

23 July 2022

8:00 AM

Attempts are being made to cancel Samuel Griffith from his prominent role in Australian history, inevitably pushed by the university named after him. This is despite Griffith being a well-regarded former Premier of Queensland and Chief Justice who played a major part in writing the Australian Constitution. Another Englishman, Captain James Cook, is also under threat of cancellation by his eponymous university.

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