The Australian Wars

Name: The Australian Wars
Released: 2022-09-21
Rating: 10
Cast: Rachel Perkins

10.0

September 21, 2022

1 Season • 3 Episodes

Ended

Documentary War & Politics

"The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been largely kept silent — until now."

Overview

There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in our longest-running war that established the Australian nation?

Created By

Rachel Perkins

Cast

Rachel Perkins

Self

Episodes

1. Episode 1

September 21, 2022 • 57m

The story of Australia's first wars, calling for the nation to acknowledge the First Peoples who died in these conflicts and for the Australian War Memorial to recognise them.

2. Episode 2

September 28, 2022 • 58m

European immigration increases in Tasmania alongside the death count as Aboriginal people resist occupation and colonists encroach on the best land.

3. Episode 3

October 5, 2022 • 59m

Although the Australian Wars began with the British Government, the founding fathers of modern Australia conclude it, with northern Australia the war's final frontier.

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