In the context of Statue of James Cook, Hyde Park, explore the Role of public subscription of the Inscription controversy.
In The Captain Cook Myth, author Jillian Robertson argues that the inscription stating that the statue had been "erected by public subscription assisted by a grant from the New South Wales Government" is also misleading. According to Robertson, only one quarter of funding for the statue came from public donations; the rest was covered by the government.
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