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An American soldier inspects German loot, found at the Schlosskirche in the south German town Ellingen, 24 April 1945. Courtesy: The U.S National Archives and Records Administration, RG 111-SC-204899

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Private William Joseph Punch was one of more than 1,000 Indigenous men who volunteered for the First AIF.

Words of War: Defining War and Australian History

War can be surprisingly difficult to define

By Rachel Caines

& Duncan Beard

Frontier Wars

Three members of the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3RAR), confer with a North Korean interpreter (left) who is serving with the battalion. Saunders is second from the right, smoking a pipe.

The fighting Gunditjmara

Indigenous people have fought for Country and for nation, from frontier wars to world wars.

By Dr Lachlan Grant

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 Rogers

Colonial 1788-1901