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Smallpox outbreak of Sydney’s past

2022-11-23T09:39:10+11:00November 6th, 2017|

Chris Warren, 'Okham's Razor', ABC Radio National, 14 April 2014: https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/ockhamsrazor/smallpox-outbreak-of-sydney27s-past/5375394 (The original post from 17 April 2014 is no longer available. The above link replaces that post.)

Reconciliation means recognising the Frontier Wars

2022-10-05T15:17:24+11:00November 6th, 2017|

The Australian War Memorial's refusal to acknowledge the Frontier Wars between Indigenous Australians and white settlers is historically dishonest and is holding back reconciliation. Alan Stephens, ABC TV Opinion, The Drum, 7 July 2014 Update 5 October 2022: The Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Matt Keogh, announced. in a press [...]

Once were warriors

2017-12-05T06:23:56+11:00November 6th, 2017|

Michael Green, The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 February 2014 at https://www.smh.com.au/national/once-were-warriors-20140204-31zmu.html

Will the Australian War Memorial Tell the Story of Colonial Conflicts?

2022-10-06T16:32:59+11:00November 6th, 2017|

Mary Lou Pooley, 27 January 2014 (first published as a blog post on 17 December 2013), Australian War Memorial blog: https://www.awm.gov.au/media/press-releases/will-australian-war-memorial-tell-story-colonial-conflicts Australian Frontier Conflicts (AFC) post updated 6 October 2022. On 29 September 2022 the Minister for Veterans Affairs, Matt Keogh, announced during an Australian War Memorial press conference [...]

Why does the Australian War Memorial ignore the frontier war?

2022-10-05T15:10:35+11:00November 6th, 2017|

The battle between Aboriginal people and settlers is at the heart of nationhood but absent from war dead commemorations Read more: Paul Daley, The Guardian, 12 September 2013: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/12/australian-war-memorial-ignores-frontier-war Update: 5 October 2022: Minister for Veterans' Affairs, Matt Keogh, announced in a press conference on 29 September 2022 that [...]

Mapping the massacres of Queensland Aboriginal society

2018-05-30T20:48:27+10:00November 6th, 2017|

Massacres of Aboriginal people in colonial Queensland are being mapped. Read more in the story by Nicholas Rothwell in  The Australian, 29 June 2013 at: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/mapping-the-massacres-of-queensland-aboriginal-society/story-fn9n8gph-1226670875988

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