This paper examines the contestations surrounding the life-sized statue of Robert Towns in Townsville, north Queensland. Unlike many of the cases catalogued by Contested Histories, this statue was erected in recent history–in 2004–with funds from the local council, in spite of instant controversy. Towns was a merchant entrepreneur and ‘blackbirder’, whose ship ‘Don Juan’ brought one of the earliest shiploads of South Sea Islanders from present-day Vanuatu to labour on his Queensland properties in 1863.
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Silent Learning: the use of Quizzes to motivate and assess participation and learning in the classroom
Silent Learning: the use of small-group learning and sharing to ensure full participation in the classroom
Imagining a past that is no longer there: the use of interactive timelines
HistVlogs: taking information at face value vs. perspective taking
Using Cards to Understand History
