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There is no shortage of Australian Wars artefacts (thanks to colonial collectors and police)
Dec 5, 2025
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Mark McKenna's The Shortest History of Australia
Dec 2, 2025
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The Australian Wars - In defence of the country
Nov 27, 2025
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Rachel Perkins on ABC Nightlife talking about The Australian Wars
Nov 26, 2025
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Massacres, memory and the Memorial: facing our most deadly war
Nov 25, 2025
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PACER for PEACE: Peace is a positive quality, not just the absence of war
Nov 24, 2025
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The Australian Wars book launch at the War Memorial: Peter Stanley reports
Nov 21, 2025
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Missing in action: Australian Wars policy not mentioned in War Memorial's key documents
Nov 19, 2025
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What does First Nations truth-telling look like? Reconciliation Australia
Nov 17, 2025
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Fobbing off doesn't cut it: correspondence with the War Memorial about the Australian Wars
Nov 14, 2025
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REPOST: The Australian Wars book: launch at the Australian War Memorial, 14 November
Nov 12, 2025
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Difficult knowing what to make of Memorial Council appointments - but here's hoping
Nov 11, 2025
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The Australian War Memorial must properly recognise and commemorate the Australian Frontier Wars as an essential part of Truth-telling and as a first step to reframing Australian national commemoration.

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