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Mounted police and blacks, lithograph on paper. ART50023

The Frontier Wars

Episode
6

What happens when a nation looks back at its most difficult history?

Hosted by John Barrington

Colonial 1788-1901
Alfred Bolter, Governor Davey's Proclamation to the Aborigines, 1816 (c. 1866, lithograph, 48 x 28 cm)

A Painted Proclamation

A colonial artwork in the Memorial’s collection has its roots in brutal frontier warfare.

By Dr Thomas J. Rogers

Colonial 1788-1901