TV series

The Australian Wars

Name: The Australian Wars
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 2022-09-21
Rating: 10
Cast: Rachel Perkins

20221 season10.0 / 10

The story of Australia’s longest and perhaps most defining war has been largely kept silent — until now.

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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Checked Sep 3, 2026

The Australian Wars premiered September 21, 2022. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.

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Season 1 episodes

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Episode 1

Sep 21, 202257m

The story of Australia's first wars, calling for the nation to acknowledge the First Peoples who died in these conflicts and for the Australian War Memorial to recognise them.

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Directed by Rachel Perkins

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Episode 2

Sep 28, 202258m

European immigration increases in Tasmania alongside the death count as Aboriginal people resist occupation and colonists encroach on the best land.

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Directed by Rachel Perkins

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Episode 3

Oct 5, 202259mfinale

Although the Australian Wars began with the British Government, the founding fathers of modern Australia conclude it, with northern Australia the war's final frontier.

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Directed by Rachel Perkins

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Episode information updated Sep 3, 2026

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