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    • Dr Ross Jones

    Senior Research Fellow, Indigenous history of the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne

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    Arts & Culture

    "Melbourne had no place for the ‘black’ Indigenous population in the ‘white Australian race'"

    Before 1940, the University of Melbourne was the centre of Australian eugenics – and it didn’t end with World War II

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    Arts & Culture

    In this way, the beginning of a highly contested history of the University began

    An Indigenous-led book challenges the presumption that universities make only ‘good’ contributions to the community – confronting the University of Melbourne’s disturbing history

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