2024 Selden Society lecture-Dr Raymond Evans on The rigours of truth-telling: Sir Samuel Griffith

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The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this lecture belong solely to the speaker as a private citizen and do not necessarily represent the views of the Selden Society and Supreme Court Library Queensland.
First Nations viewer please be advised this lecture speaks of racially discriminating moments in history, including the distress and death of First Nations people.
About the lecture
Dr Evans will address the current controversy surrounding the career of Sir Samuel Walker Griffith and the claim that his historical reputation and legacy is marred by responsibility for the high degree of racial violence along the Queensland colony’s frontiers in the later nineteenth century.
About the speaker
Dr Raymond Evans is an Adjunct Professor, Griffith University and Senior Research Fellow, University of Queensland.