Background The Australian Frontier Wars March is held in Australia’s national capital, Canberra, every Anzac Day on 25 April. Marchers assemble at the foot of Anzac Parade leading to the Australian War Memorial (AWM). Participants commemorate those Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who gave their lives defending their homelands from the incursions of British and other colonists from 1788, when the First Fleet arrived in what we now call Sydney. Although not permitted to join Anzac Day veterans commemorating the fallen of overseas wars in which Australians have participated, Frontier Wars marchers hope that one day the AWM and Australians generally will accept colonial frontier conflicts as befitting official recognition as part of Australia’s war history. Marchers are not alone in this belief. For some years, as far back as 1998 or earlier, First People, academics, journalists and others have been calling for the Australian War Memorial to recognise colonial frontier conflicts. Some of the more recent calls, in the lead up to Anzac Day 2018, came from people like John Menadue, on 10 April 2018 on his ‘Pearls and Irritations’ website:  HENRY REYNOLDS. Brendan Nelson and the War Memorial – what about the Frontier Wars? On 19 April, Rachel Hocking and John Paul Janke, co-hosts of NITV’s The Point, explored the history of the frontier wars. Watch the videos at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2018/04/18/nitvs-point-explores-history-australias-frontier-wars    Frontier Wars March, Anzac Day 2018 Read Ghillar Michael Anderson’s media statement on the 2018 march: ‘Veterans’ Acceptance of the Frontier Wars March–A Turning Point’ on the News page of this website and at: https://nationalunitygovernment.org/content/veterans-acceptance-frontier-wars-march-turning-point Anderson, last surviving founder, on 25 January 1972, of the Aboriginal Embassy on the lawns opposite the former Old Parliament House (now the Museum of Australian Democracy), issued an invitation to join the eighth Frontier Wars March on 25 April 2018. Details on this website under ‘News‘ at: https://australianfrontierconflicts.com.au/reminder-frontier-wars-march-anzac-parade-canberra-anzac-day-25-april-2018/ NITV’s coverage of Anzac Day 2018 and the national Frontier Wars March is at: https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/nitv-news/article/2018/04/25/anzac-day-marked-frontier-wars-protest-and-black-diggers-march Aboriginal Embassy Camp In the lead up to Anzac Day 2018, a storytelling camp and other activities about the frontier wars was held at the Aboriginal Embassy, King George Terrace, … Continue reading Australian Frontier Wars March