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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
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Mob Tix for Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and First Nations people are available for this event. All Mob Tix are $10 and do not incur a booking fee.

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 Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor, 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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Presented in partnership with

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