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Frontier Wars

First Nations History
Frontier Wars
Satellite Dreaming Revisited (2023)
Goldsmiths, University of London (Tony Dowmunt, Nicolas Lee, CAAMA Productions,  Alice Springs)
The original 1990 Satellite Dreaming TV program traced Indigenous media work in Australia to that point and this website takes the story further. Has essays, a timeline and references to media milestones and important works, such as the movies Samson and Delilah (2009) and Sweet Country (2017), and the TV series Redfern Now (2013).
Frontier Wars
Queensland
Seven Versions of an Australian Badland (2002)
Gibson, Ross
Travels in outback Queensland, covering among other things frontier genocide, race relations, murders, massacres, poisoning, and the role of the Native Police.
Frontier Wars
Northern Territory
Simply the Survival of the Fittest: Aboriginal Administration in South Australia’s Northern Territory, 1863-1910 (1992)
Austin, Tony
Overview of the reaction of government authorities to Aborigines in the Northern Territory during the period 1863 to 1910, when the Territory was controlled by South Australia; what policy development there was is set in the context of how the government and white settlers viewed Aborigines; influence of social Darwinism on policy and attitudes; contact history and violent conflict on the frontier as Europeans attempted to realise the economic promises made by government; use of Aboriginal labour, policies on education and welfare.
Frontier Wars
New South Wales
Some Known Frontier Conflicts in New South Wales
Morrison, Jane
Seeks to document the frontier conflicts between European colonists and Australia’s First Peoples. Maps, timelines, names of warriors, memorials, resources, latest news. Separate sites for each state.
Frontier Wars
Queensland
Some Known Frontier Conflicts in Queensland
Morrison, Jane
Seeks to document the frontier conflicts between European colonists and Australia’s First Peoples. Maps, timelines, names of warriors, memorials, resources, latest news. Separate sites for each state.
Frontier Wars
South Australia
Some Known Frontier Conflicts in South Australia
Morrison, Jane
Seeks to document the frontier conflicts between European colonists and Australia’s First Peoples. Maps, timelines, names of warriors, memorials, resources, latest news. Separate sites for each state.