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First Nations History

Frontier Wars
First Nations History
Frontier War Stories
Spearim, Boe
Boe Spearim is a Gamilaraay and Kooma radio host and podcaster who lives in Brisbane. Frontier War Stories - a podcast dedicated to truth-telling about a side of Australia that has been left out of the history books. Each episode Boe will speak with different Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about research, books and oral histories which document the first 140 years of conflict and resistance. These times are the Frontier Wars and these are our War Stories.
Frontier Wars
First Nations History
Frontier Wars
Sovereign Union of First Nations and Peoples in Australia
Image galleries (Frontier Wars, prisoner abuse, freedom fighters, massacres, habitats and villages), plus resources and history with lots of references.
First Nations History
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia (2018)
Heiss, Anita, ed.
What is it like to grow up Aboriginal in Australia? This anthology attempts to showcase as many diverse voices, experiences, and stories as possible to answer that question. Each account reveals, to some degree, the impacts of invasion and colonisation.
Frontier Wars
First Nations History
How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars (2023)
Kerkhove, Ray
Written as an introductory guidebook, it is broken into chapters covering organisation, strategies, weaponry, and defences. It considers both traditional practices and technological and tactical adaptations. To make this complex topic more accessible, How They Fought includes numerous tables, figures and diagrams that illustrate and summarise the contents.
First Nations History
Independent Australia
Various authors
Regularly features articles relevant to First Nations history, the Voice and Frontier Wars
First Nations History
Inside Story
Various authors
Regularly features articles relevant to First Nations history, the Voice and Frontier Wars