Ep. 41 - The Conquest of Australia (Legacies of Colonisation pt. 6)

Was Australia settled or was it conquered? How do you conquer a continent in the space of 70 years? This episode charts the explosive growth of colonisation after 1835 to cover pretty much the entire continent by the time of Federation in 1901.  But that was not the end of frontier violence...

 

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Theme music: © Don Stewart, Recorded/Mixed by Unmuzzled Music Productions.