Opinion

Does Canberra risk rewriting the dark side of history?

By Ken Taylor
Updated December 10 2018 - 7:00am, first published 12:00am

The questioning of the suitability of place names in the ACT that some people find offensive or unpalatable crops up from time, accompanied by lobbying of the ACT Place Names Committee to change certain names. One name that can be relied on to be the focus of sporadic objection is Douglas Haig after whom Haig Park is named.

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