Building works at the Australian War Memorial are raising questions about how our history is being told. Image via Shutterstock.
The Australian War Memorial’s (AWM) planned $498 million expansion has drawn criticism from historians, writers, former employees of the AWM and other prominent Australians in an open letter published last week.
More than 80 signatories – including Don Watson, Gillian Triggs, Henry Reynolds, Jeff Sparrow, Paul Daley and Clare Wright – have voiced their concern about the money being spent to support the expansion of an already well funded institution.
