Dr Isa Menzies, a PhD alumni and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies, has published an article this week in The Conversation titled The brumby debate will never be settled until we face the role horses played in colonisation.

Dr Menzies discusses the uniquely Australian context of this debate, particularly acknowledging that "Horses, we are often told, have a special connection with the Australian character and are part of our national psyche. But too often our discussions of brumbies and Australia’s “special” relationship with the horse don’t consider the darker aspects of the horse’s role in Australian history."

Read the full article at The Conversation.