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Rachel Perkins (photo credit Dylan River)
Stephen Gapps
David Marr (photo credit Lorrie Graham)
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The Australian Wars

The truth behind the bloody battles fought to establish a nation

Rachel Perkins (photo credit Dylan River)
Stephen Gapps
David Marr (photo credit Lorrie Graham)
Monday 10 November 2025
6-7pm
Event Code: SL15
State Library of NSW, Library Auditorium
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This is the first book to tell the story of the continental sweep of massacres, guerilla warfare and resistance – the sovereignty of an entire country at stake.

The Australian Wars is a new book conceived by filmmaker Rachel Perkins following her award-winning documentary. This book uncovers the true history of a nation steeped in bloody battles that have reverberated from the past to the present.

Join contributors Stephen Gapps, David Marr and Rachel Perkins for the launch of The Australian Wars and a rousing call to truth-telling on a national scale.

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State Library of NSW, Library Auditorium
Macquarie Street Wing, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, 2000
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