Cultural vandals attack Australian history

by Peter Westmore The Black Lives Matter protests, which originated in protests against killings of black Americans by white police, has morphed into a general attack on Australia’s history, with historical monuments vandalised and demands that statues of particular historical figures, including Captain James Cook – who discovered Australia – be torn down. It has also extended to demands that Australian comedy productions by Chris Lilley and Mark Mitchell be censored. As usual, Australia mirrors what has happened in other parts of the world. In the United States, political activists of the left have demanded that the celebrated American Civil…