Julian Burnside wants police investigation into Eureka Flag ownership

By Gav McGrath
Updated December 23 2014 - 4:24pm, first published December 22 2014 - 9:40pm
Still controversial: The legal ownership of the Eureka flag has come under contention, with claims Trooper John King, who removed the pennant after the Eureka Stockade, never actually owned the flag. PICTURE: JEREMY BANNISTER
Still controversial: The legal ownership of the Eureka flag has come under contention, with claims Trooper John King, who removed the pennant after the Eureka Stockade, never actually owned the flag. PICTURE: JEREMY BANNISTER

HUMAN rights lawyer Julian Burnside has put his support behind a campaign to strip ownership of the famous Eureka Flag from the Art Gallery of Ballarat and “return” it to the descendants of miners who participated in the rebellion.

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