Show threadMark BurtonNov 22, 2023
Watched the final installment last night. Do try to catch it.
#TheAustralianWars
Moving, shocking, hidden history. The last massacres in the Kimberley were only in 1929. My parents were children. In only 24 years I was born. So close, as we learned from the vital oral history, handed down among indigenous Australians, now being heard where the written history is so lacking.
I could write a whole essay about it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0gjffbz/the-australian-wars
#genocide #AustralianGenocide
The Australian Wars

The forgotten story of the bloody conquest of Australia.

BBC iPlayer
Mark BurtonNov 15, 2023
I watched 2 installments of "The Australian Wars" now showing Tuesdays on UK BBC4.
I knew a bit about the Australian genocide but was still shocked by the utter barbarity of it.
But also moved by the dignity and courage of the original Australians and their descendants.
Reparations from the UK and Australian governments are long due.
#Australia #AustralianGenocide