The Australian Wars

★ 10.0IMDb Score
Released:2022-09-21
Duration:170 min
Country:Australia
Director:
Actors:Rachel Perkins
Production:Blackfella Films, SBS, Screen Australia, Screen NSW

Overview:

There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in our longest-running war that established the Australian nation?

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