It’s true the nationalistic rhetoric around the date has varied over the years but the notion of the date just “fading away” is surely ridiculous.
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Articles on Captain Cook
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As the first European seafaring vessel to reach the east coast of Australia, the Endeavour – much like James Cook himself – has become part of Australia’s national mythology.
The federal government will spend nearly $50 million over four years to commemorate Captain Cook’s first landing. But some have questioned the spend.
Australia has more than 200 Big Things, from the heritage-listed Pineapple to a giant Captain Cook. What are we to do with these structures as they age and decay? And should we be building new ones?
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Curator & Section Head, Oceania, The British Museum
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Historian and Conjoint Lecturer, University of Newcastle
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Co-Director, Australian Centre for Indigenous History, Australian National University
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Executive Dean and Pro Vice-Chancellor, College of Arts, Law and Education, University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Director, Centre for Rock Art Research + Management, The University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in History, specialising in built heritage and material culture, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of History, Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Professor of Cultural Heritage, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney
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Director/Chair of Aboriginal History - The Wollotuka Institute, University of Newcastle
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Professor, Griffith University
