Air Date
September 21, 2022
Episodes
3 episodes
The Australian Wars
Season 1
Overview
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.
Episodes
1. Episode 1
September 21, 2022
57 min
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
September 28, 2022
58 min
European immigration increases in Tasmania alongside the death count as Aboriginal people resist occupation and colonists encroach on the best land.
3. Episode 3
October 5, 2022
59 min
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.
