The Australian War Memorial is holding a Conference titled Imperialism and Resistance: Australia's First Wars. It is on at the Memorial on 17-18 September and details are here.
From the colonial frontiers of Australia to the South African veldt, Australia's first wars were fought across the expanses of the British Empire. Imperialism and Resistance: Australia's First Wars is a two-day conference that brings together authors, historians, and curators to reflect on the Australian Frontier Wars and Australia's earliest overseas military commitments to the British Empire.
Speakers will explore Australia's nineteenth-century military history, with presentations on the Frontier Wars, the mid-century New Zealand Wars, and colonial deployments to Sudan, China, and the South African (Boer) War.
Tickets run from $280 to $360 but concessions apply.
Here's the indicative program:
Thursday 17 September
Session A - Keynote Speaker: Rachel Perkins on The Australian Wars
Session B - Histories of contact and conflict in Australia
Session C - Colonial Australians fighting for the British empire
Session D - Keynote Speaker: The Hon Tony Abbott, former PM of Australia on Australia: A History
Friday 18 September
Session E - Keynote Speaker: Professor Henry Reynolds on the Australian Frontier Wars
Session F - Colonial society, law and conflict
Session G - Objects that tell stories
Session H - Naval and military history in the nineteenth century Australian colonies
Henry Reynolds is one of Defending Country's distinguished Patrons.
Picture credit: Volunteers for the NSW Infantry Contingent for the Sudan at Victoria Barracks, Sydney, shortly before the contingent's departure on 3 March 1885 (Australian War Memorial). The image on the Memorial's website page advertising the Conference dates from the same small war: Departure of the NSW Contingent from Sydney for the Sudan (1885).
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