Newsday

2 monuments symbolizing Australia's colonial past damaged by protesters ahead of polarizing holiday

MELBOURNE, Australia — Two monuments symbolizing Australia's colonial past were damaged by protesters on Thursday ahead of an increasingly polarizing national holiday that marks the anniversary of ...
Fast Company

This poignant museum uses computer vision to reckon with the legacy of colonial Australia

The story of Australia usually begins in the late 18th century, when shiploads of imprisoned people from England began arriving as forced laborers to build the foundations of a new colony. For the ...
The Conversation

Friday essay: beautiful, available and empty – how landscape photographers reinvented the colonial project in Australia

Jarrod Hore receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Colonial history overflows with commodities. From the early 1800s, wool generated extraordinary wealth for squatters and pastoralists ...
Barron's

Colonial Monument Toppled Ahead Of Australia's National Holiday

Vandals toppled a monument honouring a 19th century Australian pioneer in the early hours of Saturday, the eve of Indigenous rights protests expected on the country's national holiday, police said.
The Conversation

The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day

Olivia Evans receives funding from Australian Research Council. Iain Walker has received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Medical Research Future Fund. Kate Reynolds receives ...
The Guardian

‘Land back’: colonial monuments destroyed and vandalised in Melbourne’s Flagstaff gardens

Statues commemorating Australia’s colonial history have been targets for vandalism in Melbourne as 26 January approaches Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news ...
Reuters

Colonial statues vandalised ahead of contentious Australia Day holiday

SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Two statues of colonial figures were vandalised overnight in the Australian city of Melbourne, ahead of a contentious national holiday on Friday marking the arrival of the ...