The story of Australia's longest and perhaps most defining war deserves to be heard. It is not a unique story, rather, the Australian chapter of a global history of imperialism. This is not a new story, either. It has been there all the time, waiting to be heard. And it has never been told quite like this on Australian television . We weren't taught about it in school... Read all
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Rachel Perkins , Marcia Langton , Henry Reynolds , Nicholas Clements , Greg Lehman , Tom Lawson , Tony McAvoy , Ben Brock , Annie Rose Buckley , Iya Ware , Bee Cruse , Wakarra Gondarra , Charlotte Button , Guy Higginson , Glenda Chalker , Nick Brodie , Matt Anderson , Patsy Cameron
The modern-day city of Sydney was the birthplace of contemporary Australia and the first battleground in The Australian Wars
European immigration doubled in Tasmania and so to the death count as colonists encroached on the best land and Tasmanian Aboriginal people resisted their occupation.
Northern Australia was the final frontier of conquest and though The Australian Wars began with the British Government it was concluded by the founding fathers of modern Australia.