Australia once enshrined white superiority: These ten trailblazers helped shift our attitudes to race

Woollacott, Angela

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Australia once enshrined white superiority: These ten trailblazers helped shift our attitudes to race

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2026-01-26

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Woollacott, Angela

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The Conversation

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Ten Australians whose contributions to public awareness challenged the White Australia policy and helped Australians to question colonialism. They advocated acceptence of universal human rights and human equality.

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