Historians slam possible removal of 'racist' War Memorial gargoyles but call for greater indigenous recognition

By Primrose Riordan
Updated April 23 2018 - 9:26pm, first published February 25 2015 - 8:18pm

Historians have panned the Australian War Memorial's plans to remove and possibly not replace their "racist" Aboriginal gargoyles, saying the move would be tantamount to "hiding what Australia was".

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