The Australian Wars

10.0

2022•2h 50m

There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in our longest-running war that established the Australian nation?

Production

Trailers & Videos

The Australian Wars | Trailer #2 (Content Warning) | SBS and NITV

The Australian Wars | Trailer #1 (Content Warning) | SBS and NITV

Seasons

3 Episodes • Premiered 2022

Rachel Perkins journeys across the country to explore the bloody battles fought on Australian soil and the war that established the Australian nation, seeking to change the narrative of the nation.

1. Episode 1

The story of Australia's first wars, calling for the nation to acknowledge the First Peoples who died in these conflicts and for the Australian War Memorial to recognise them.

2. Episode 2

European immigration increases in Tasmania alongside the death count as Aboriginal people resist occupation and colonists encroach on the best land.

3. Episode 3

Although the Australian Wars began with the British Government, the founding fathers of modern Australia conclude it, with northern Australia the war's final frontier.