Black Lives Matter: statues pulled down worldwide, but in Ballarat?

By Melanie Whelan
Updated June 11 2020 - 8:06pm, first published 6:00pm
PERSPECTIVE: Wadawurrung artist Deanne Gilson created Murrup Laarr, which represents male and female bodies in North Gardens. Picture: Adam Trafford
PERSPECTIVE: Wadawurrung artist Deanne Gilson created Murrup Laarr, which represents male and female bodies in North Gardens. Picture: Adam Trafford

FOR a city steeped in Australian history, Ballarat has no statues overtly offensive or hurtful to the region's Indigenous Peoples. There are street names and places.

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