The Australian Wars (2022)

Genre

documentary, war & politics

Country

Australia

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series looks at conflicts between Indigenous Australians and European settlers. It covers specific massacres in Sydney, Tasmania, and Queensland using interviews and reenactments.

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What happens

The Australian Wars (known internationally as First Wars) is a three-part 2022 documentary series about the Australian frontier wars, directed and narrated by Indigenous Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins and made for SBS Television. Using interviews, re-enactments, archaeological research, and original documents, it explores massacres in Sydney, Tasmania, and Queensland. The series received positive reviews, with a number of people calling it "essential viewing" for Australians. However, others have criticised it as exaggerating the number of Aboriginal deaths and promoting a political agenda. In response to the series, the Australian War Memorial announced it would work towards great inclusion of the violence against Indigenous people in its exhibitions. The series won the 2023 Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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