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Who was Kosciuszko?

Who was Kosciuszko?

Update: 2024-09-26

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With changing the name of Australia's highest peak still undecided, Mount Kosciuszko remains named after a Polish revolutionary.

Who was this man, and why was he so revered - not only in his native Poland, but across continents?

GUEST: Anthony Sharwood, author of ‘Kosciuszko, The Incredible Life of the Man behind the Mountain’.

To hear our earlier interview on renaming Mount Kosciuszko click here.

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Who was Kosciuszko?

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