If only we had someone of the stature of a former prime minister, thundering up and down the corridors of Whitehall, and knocking heads together | OPINION
Bloody hell. As you might recall, your humble correspondent has been banging on for some time about the horrors of the Brits refusing to give back the Gweagal Shield, the defensive weapon dropped by one of the two Indigenous warriors defending the shores of Botany Bay when Captain Cook fired a musket filled with small shot at him, to clear him out of the way.
I protest on two grounds. First, “while permanent British occupation began in 1788” is a commendable step towards acknowledging what happened, it makes it sound as if we are still British now, which we ain’t. . Nothing solid has happened since, bar its recent request of the NSW public to make some suggestions. I have one! It is the same one I’ve previously floated, and everyone I’ve explained it to has embraced it. See, as pushed by well-known north shore dentist David Eyles, what you do is push the ferry wharves out by a 100 metres or so, and create a world-class square that would make Venice's Piazza San Marco weep with envy. That’s not a square.
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