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australian history
"Australia Day" history taught in schools is often whitewashed. Indigenous people tell us what they want all Australians to know about January 26.
Noel W Lamidey was in charge of one of the most extraordinary migration schemes the world had ever seen.
Yet some people are frightened to acknowledge our disgraceful past.
Many of her achievements were shadowed by a murder trial involving her co-pilot.
'Australians should know more about their history.'
There were many notorious Victorian bushrangers, apart from the Kelly gang.
