The Australian Wars: Evidence from Queensland

The records held at Queensland State Archives (QSA) have an integral role to play in the process of truth-telling and healing, and through our Frontier Wars project, QSA has started identifying, digitising, and assessing records that evidence this dark period of Queensland’s early history.

Our panel event, The Australian Wars: Evidence from Queensland, coincided with the release of ‘The Australian Wars,’ a three-part documentary series produced by BlackfellaFilms and available to watch on SBS.

The panel discusses frontier violence in Queensland as explored in the documentary and evidenced by QSA’s Frontier Wars research project. The panel includes Rachel Perkins, founder of Blackfella Films, Waanyi multi-media artist Judy Watson, historian, Jonathan Richards and Rose Barrowcliffe, First Nations Advisor to the Queensland State Archives. The panel is convened by Kerry O’Brien.