Sir Edmund Barton statue considered tribute to a history of racist ideology - petition for removal from Birpai burial site in Port Macquarie launched

Tracey Fairhurst
June 9 2020 - 2:30pm
The Sir Edmund Barton statue - a monument of the Australia's first prime minister, positioned on a traditional Birpai burial site on Port Macquarie's Town Green - has been labelled an offensive tribute to the founding father of the White Australia Policy.
The Sir Edmund Barton statue - a monument of the Australia's first prime minister, positioned on a traditional Birpai burial site on Port Macquarie's Town Green - has been labelled an offensive tribute to the founding father of the White Australia Policy.

THERE are calls for the official removal of the Sir Edmund Barton statue from Town Green in Port Macquarie.

Tracey Fairhurst

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