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The series calls on the Australian War Memorial, who had previously rejected including the frontier wars in its exhibitions, [1] to acknowledge and recognise those who died during the conflicts. [11] In an episode of the series, the War Memorial's director Matt Anderson says it was conceived to represent military activity overseas, not within ...
The Australian frontier wars were the violent conflicts between Indigenous Australians ... formal battles, ritual trials, raids for women, and revenge attacks. Formal ...
List of conflicts in Australia is a timeline of events that includes wars, battles, rebellions, skirmishes, massacres, riots, and other related events that have occurred in the country of Australia's current geographical area, both before and after federation.
This is a list of wars, armed conflicts and rebellions involving the Commonwealth of Australia (1901–present) and its predecessor colonies, the colonies of New South Wales (1788–1901), Van Diemen's Land (1825–1856), Tasmania (1856–1901), Victoria (1851–1901), Swan River (1829–1832), Western Australia (1832–1901), South Australia (1836–1901), and Queensland (1859–1901).
People of the Australian frontier wars (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Australian frontier wars" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The Battle of One Tree Hill was one of a series of conflicts that took place between European settlers and a group of men of the Jagera and other Aboriginal groups in the Darling Downs area in the Colony of New South Wales in the 1840s, as part of the Australian frontier wars.
The offensive continued for four months, and during Second Battle of the Somme the Australian Corps fought actions at Lihons, Etinehem, Proyart, Chuignes, and Mont St Quentin, before their final engagement of the war on 5 October 1918 at Montbrehain. [103] The AIF was subsequently out of the line when the armistice was declared on 11 November 1918.
The Battle of Cape Esperance, also known as the Second Battle of Savo Island and in Japanese sources as the Sea Battle of Savo Island (サボ島沖海戦), took place on 11–12 October 1942, in the Pacific campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and United States Navy.