Australian military history is still unsure how to represent the frontier wars. Uprising contests most histories, describing a coordinated Aboriginal military front.
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The Australian War Memorial’s pledge to recognise the frontier wars is an end to ‘black armband’ rhetoric. It should now investigate the Aboriginal resistance, and see it as a military operation.
Along with firearms and disease, the horse was a key element in occupying Aboriginal land during the colonial period and controlling the largely convict workforce on the frontier.
Indigenous land stewardship, resource extraction and corporate interests remain critical issues to addressing large-scale environmental concerns such as pollinator loss in Canada and beyond.
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, York University, Canada
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Research Associate, Finding Flowers Project, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
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Honorary Research Professor, Aboriginal Studies Global Cultures & Languages, University of Tasmania
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PhD Student, Australian National University
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Stephen Gapps is a Friend of The Conversation.
Historian and Adjunct Lecturer, Charles Sturt University
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University, Canada
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Professor, Australian and Aboriginal History, Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture, Convenor: Indigenous Land & Justice Research Group, UNSW