#frontierwars — Public Fediverse posts
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CW: 1840s artwork Frontier Wars
This morning I found some historical context for "The Avengers". The context is likely 1842 murders at Port Fairy, Victoria. I think this now resolves past confusion over #S_T_Gill's sympathies - which were with the Aboriginal people and not the ambushing colonists. I've just updated the article to reflect this. #frontierWars #1840s
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CW: 1840s artwork Frontier Wars
Last week I got to research at #StateLibraryNSW Sydney.
An artwork I "reidentified" is "The Avengers" by #S_T_Gill showing colonists about to fire on a group of #Aboriginal people. I date this to about 1844/1845 - a decade before his previous earliest known of this subject. #frontierWars #1840s #colonialArtAU
Read: https://coombe.id.au/S_T_Gill/S_T_Gill_and_E_L_Montefiore.htm
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Killing for Country
" ‘I can’t argue away the shame’: frontier violence and family history converge in David Marr’s harrowing and important new book"
"A monumental study of the on-the-ground nature of colonisation in New South Wales and Queensland... His forebears’ role in murdering scores of First Peoples during the land grabs that preceded the creation of Australia."
"At the core of this narrative is a simple truism of colonialism: land is the ultimate commodity, the raw material."
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https://theconversation.com/i-cant-argue-away-the-shame-frontier-violence-and-family-history-converge-in-david-marrs-harrowing-and-important-new-book-215050
#TruthTelling #colonialism #Australia #frontier #violence #SettlerSociety #FamilyTruthTelling #families #NSW #Queensland #archives #trove #book #FirstNationsPeoples #FrontierWars -
@shoq and it isn't just in the #usa it's all over. #Australia's has been going since 1788. The #longest #war in history which we call the #FrontierWars. Still #executed by police and #prison officers with over 500 #DeathsInCustody in 30 years.
Something has to give or what is our worth to #humanity if we can't live side by side and all grow together.