Skip to main content

Ask RayNew Trends Ads Appearances Podcasts API

We value your privacy

We use cookies to understand how you use our platform and to improve your experience. Click “Accept All” to consent, or “Decline non-essential” to opt out of non-essential cookies. Read our Privacy Policy.

VAN Talks Podcast

VAN Talks Podcast

S05-E39: The Frontier Wars need to be recognised for the brutality that underpins Australian history

Oct 14, 2026 · 21 min · 13 segments

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker Rachel Perkins unpacks Australia’s brutal frontier wars, revealing how a foundational conflict over land and resources…

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker Rachel Perkins unpacks Australia’s brutal frontier wars, revealing how a foundational conflict over land and resources shaped the nation. She discusses historical archives, government complicity, and the path toward national truth-telling.

Send us Fan Mail Filmmaker Rachel Perkins unpacks Australia’s brutal frontier wars, revealing how a foundational conflict over land and resources…

Speakers: Rachel PerkinsGuestCharles PakanaHost

Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasLeans leftAudience≈930 followers

Spotify Apple Podcasts YouTube Amazon Music Website

Top entities: Rachel Perkins×20 Queensland×19 Australia×31 Aboriginal Australians×6 Australian frontier wars×5

Rachel PerkinsPersonAustralian film director and television producer
99%20 mentions
QueenslandAdministrative AreaAustralian State
96%19 mentions
AustraliaCountryCountry in Oceania
94%31 mentions
Aboriginal AustraliansEntityPeople
91%6 mentions
Australian frontier warsEventWar
89%5 mentions
New South WalesAdministrative AreaAustralian State
87%6 mentions
Henry ReynoldsPersonAustralian historian
84%5 mentions
MelbourneCityCity in Australia
82%3 mentions
United KingdomCountryCountry in Europe
79%6 mentions
Australian native policeGovernment OrganizationGovernment office
77%9 mentions
Black WarEventGuerrilla war
74%2 mentions
Community Broadcasting FoundationOrganizationBroadcast distributor
72%3 mentions
TasmaniaAdministrative AreaAustralian State
70%4 mentions
The Australian WarsTV SeriesTelevision series
67%2 mentions
Australian history warsEntity
65%2 mentions
Australian War MemorialMuseumWar memorial in Campbell, Australia
62%2 mentions
Myall Creek massacreEvent
60%2 mentions
Lyndall RyanPersonAustralian historian
57%1 mention
World War IEventWar
55%2 mentions
Bathurst WarEventWar
52%1 mention
World War IIEventWar
50%1 mention
Hawkesbury and Nepean WarsEventArmed conflict
48%1 mention
KalkatunguEntityTribe
45%1 mention
Vietnam WarEventArmed conflict
43%1 mention
Arrernte peopleEntityAboriginal group
40%1 mention
University of NewcastleCollege or UniversityPublic university in Callaghan, Australia
38%2 mentions
Northern TerritoryAdministrative AreaAustralian Territory
35%1 mention
SydneyCityCity in Australia
33%1 mention
KimberleyPlaceRegion in Australia
30%1 mention
Monty PythonEntityComedy troupe
28%1 mention
EnglandCountryUK constituent country
26%1 mention
BrisbaneCityCity in Australia
23%1 mention
Cape York PeninsulaEntityPeninsula in Australia
21%1 mention
Keith WindschuttlePersonAustralian historian
18%1 mention
United StatesCountryCountry in North America
16%1 mention
Native Americans in the United StatesEntityPeople
13%1 mention
EuropeansEntityEthnic group
11%1 mention
William BarakPersonSpokesman
9%1 mention
Pinjarra massacreEventBattle
6%1 mention
Noongar peopleEntityPeople
4%1 mention
Simon WongaPerson
1%1 mention

History EducationEducation
Society
Australian HistoryHistory
Colonial WarfareWar
Frontier WarsHistory > Australian History > Colonial Australia
Australian Frontier WarsWar > Colonial Warfare
Colonial government and Native Police operationsWar > Colonial Warfare > Australian Frontier Wars
Queensland frontier violence and dispersalWar > Colonial Warfare > Australian Frontier Wars > Colonial government and Native Police operations
Indigenous Affairs AdministrationGovernment > Colonial Government
State sanction and judicial non-accountabilityGovernment > Colonial Government > Indigenous Affairs Administration
Australian CurriculumEducation > History Education
Truth-telling about frontier violenceEducation > History Education > Australian Curriculum
Australian Historical NarrativesSociety > Collective Memory
Public recognition of colonial violenceSociety > Collective Memory > Australian Historical Narratives
Collective MemorySociety
Colonial GovernmentGovernment
Colonial AustraliaHistory > Australian History
History
Education
Government
War