‘Enabler’ of massacres: the push to reexamine the legacy of founding father Samuel Griffith

Sir Samuel Walker Griffith was a Queensland premier, Australia’s first high justice and a key author of the constitution. Widespread violence and death occurred on his watch. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons

Fiona Foley will offer a suggestion to her colleagues at Griffith University in Brisbane on Friday when she leads discussions as to whether the institution should change its name.

The distinguished artist, academic and Badtjala woman will proffer Dundalli, the Dalla warrior who led resistance to the European invasion of south-east Queensland.