The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars has become a hot topic for debate and research. Author, historian and scholar Dr Ray Kerkhove argues that too much of the narrative of black/white confrontation has been about the massacres. In his new book How they Fought, Dr Kerkhove explores the myth that First Nations people didn’t fight back. The book is a timely guide to their modes of warfare.
Mina Murray is a Wiradjuri woman and scholar, whose research on Frontier Wars has been published by the Australian War Memorial. In it she details the tactics and methods Wiradjuri warriors used against British soldiers and settlers as they attempted to halt colonial expansion into their traditional lands.
Guests:
Dr Ray Kerkhove, Adjunct Associate Professor with University of Southern Queensland.
His latest book 'How They Fought: Indigenous Tactics and Weaponry of Australia’s Frontier Wars' is published by Boolarong Press.
Mina Murray, author of Wiray Bimirr Madhu, published by the Australian War Memorial.
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