ZOOM - Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • Public Monuments – Contested Histories

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    Societies have always used statues and other monuments as ways of both recognising and contesting power and eminence. In Australia, as everywhere else, there is public debate over whether and which statues should be removed, who should make the decision, and what should be the fate of the statues themselves. Should new monuments be commissioned
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  • A Legal Zoom into St Kilda Cemetery

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    Learn about some famous legal entities, including Sir Archibald and Alfred Deakin, former PM, and James Liddell Purves, an ardent Australian federalist, who are buried in St Kilda cemetery and have an opportunity to quiz the barrister presenters about the legal luminaries interred there.