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Another Controversial Historial Figure under Seige

By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS     Jan. 26 is Australia Day, the official national holiday of the Land Down Under. For the majority of Australians, that translates into a day of celebration, with public barbeques and the drinking of hardy stout. But for the country’s minority indigenous aboriginal peoples, who make up about 2.8 percent of the country’s 24.6 million-strong population, Australia Day is

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