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Through their eyes podcast
Two men standing, facing each other, arms resting on artillery cannon

Serving Country

Episode
7

They fought for a country that didn’t always fight for them.

Hosted by John Barrington

Through their eyes podcast
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
Private Victor Nelson of 2/3 Pioneer Battalion at Tarakan, Borneo, 1945

Service as Citizenship

After the First World War, Indigenous soldiers struggled to gain rights and recognition.

By Rachel Caines

First World War 1914 - 1918
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

Painting by Roy Hodgkinson, titled Americans and Aborigines.

The Flying Bunyips

An American squadron that recognised the support of the Aboriginal community.

By Garth O'Connell

Second World War 1939 - 1945
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