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Australia–Conflicts and undeclared frontier wars

The Freedom Fighters - Tunnerminnerwait, Maulboyheenner and Truganini

How British Empire's dirty secrets went up in smoke in the colonies

Revealed: The bonfire of paper at the end of colonial empire

'The Forgotten War' - slaughter on stolen lands

Australia's forgotten war - New Book by Henry Reynolds
More "Frontier Wars" book reviews and an excellent interview with Henry Reynolds by Phillip Adams from ABC RN 'Late Night Live'

Taking a look at the war waged against First Nations Peoples

It is now 33 years since the Australian War Memorial (AWM) was first asked to consider recognising the "frontier wars". The suggestion came from an historian and consultant to the memorial, none other than Geoffrey Blainey.

Blainey's case is straightforward. It has now been established beyond doubt that armed conflict between black and white occurred across the continent over a long period of time, and was routinely referred to by participants and observers as a "war"; those conflicts were similar to other irregular warfare already commemorated by the memorial; so, the "frontier wars" should be commemorated also. [node:read-more:link]

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