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Deakin University wrangles with name change to rid its racist roots

Summary by Ground News
Deakin is not the first Victorian university to be forced to reconsider its historical links. Monash renamed the John Medley Library in 2016 due to his links to eugenics. The University of Melbourne changed the name of the Richard Berry Building for the same reason. Dixie State University became Utah Tech University last year. Ryerson University became Toronto Metropolitan University and many others changed the names of buildings.

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Deakin University wrangles with name change to rid its racist roots

Almost 50 years after the university was named, the institution will this year confront the troubling policies of its namesake, Australia’s second prime minister Alfred Deakin.

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The Age broke the news in Australia on Friday, September 1, 2023.
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