The Australian Wars (2022)
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Currently The Australian Wars is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: BBC iPlayer
Streaming in:🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Release DateSeptember 21, 2022
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes3
Running Time2h 50m
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The Australian Wars is a three-part 2022 documentary series about the Australian frontier wars by Indigenous Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins made for SBS Television. Using interviews, re-enactments, archaeological research, and original documents, it explores massacres in Sydney, Tasmania and Queensland.
The series received positive reviews, with a number of people calling it "essential viewing" for Australians. However, others have criticised it as exaggerating the number of Aboriginal deaths and promoting a political agenda. In response to the series, the Australian War Memorial announced it would work towards great inclusion of the violence against indigenous people in its exhibitions. The series won the 2023 Silver Logie for Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program.