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Australian Wars, The

Year of completion: 2022
Content type: Documentary
Format: Series
Genre: History
Duration: 3 x 51 minute episodes
Production Status: Completed

A polemic documentary series that tells the extraordinary story of Australia's First Wars - and calls for the First Peoples who died in these conflicts to be acknowledged by the nation and officially recognised by the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. First Wars is a documentary series which investigates the frontier conflicts between 1788 and 1928 and their impact, asks Australians who we are, and what we want to become.

Completion Year: 2022
Genres: History
Format: Series
Production Status: Completed

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Presenter: Rachel Perkins

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2024 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Direction in Non-fiction Television - (Episode 1) Rachel Perkins, Dylan River, Tov Belling

2024 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Documentary or Factual Program - Darren Dale, Rachel Perkins, Belinda Mravicic

2024 — Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts – Best Editing in a Documentary - Andrea Lang, Mark Atkin, Hilary Balmond

2023 — TV Week Logie Awards – Most Outstanding Factual or Documentary Program

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Blackfella Films Pty. Limited

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