Revealed: Kevin Rudd's lost plan for a national museum of Indigenous Australians in Canberra

By Tom McIlroy
Updated September 27 2016 - 11:14am, first published 8:13am
Then prime minister Kevin Rudd with Indigenous dancers at a welcome to country ceremony marking the opening of the new parliament in 2008. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Then prime minister Kevin Rudd with Indigenous dancers at a welcome to country ceremony marking the opening of the new parliament in 2008. Photo: Andrew Taylor
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the dedication ceremony for the Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington. Photo: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama at the dedication ceremony for the Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in Washington. Photo: PABLO MARTINEZ MONSIVAIS
Kevin Rudd at a school in the East Arnhem Land community of Yirrkala in 2008. Photo: Glenn Campbell
Kevin Rudd at a school in the East Arnhem Land community of Yirrkala in 2008. Photo: Glenn Campbell

Kevin Rudd had begun secret discussions to create a new national cultural institution before he was dumped as prime minister – a vision that would have built on his legacy as the leader who apologised for systemic mistreatment of the first Australians over generations.

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