Dibs

Tempers are flaring in Australia, where a wildly controversial author has just been appointed to the board of the national broadcasting corporation. Keith Windschuttle is a University of New South Wales professor and historian whose 2002 book The Fabrication of Aboriginal History boldly claimed that his fellow historians conspired to fib in misrepresenting their nation’s past: that in the service of political correctness they created a false picture of violent, racist white settlers that Windschuttle says is far from the truth. The book sparked pyrotechnical debates now known in Australia as the “History Wars.” According to the Adelaide Advertiser, Windschuttle’s appointment to the ABC board has been called “a new low” by Senator Stephen Conroy of the Labor Party, who dubs Windschuttle a member of “the legion of conservative cultural warriors.” The wars continue.

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