Australian Frontier Conflicts:Bibliographic Sources Listedby Australian States and Territories Below are some of the main sources of information about Australian frontier conflicts and related subjects such as genocide and race relations, as they exist in 2018. This bibliography is updated from time to time. Check sources such the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies catalogues and the National Library of Australia’s Trove database at: https://www.trove.nla.gov.au for availability of these and other material on Australian frontier conflicts. Readers should be aware that ‘the historical record’ is that of the invading colonists and is often blatantly racist. The terminology used and the descriptions of events and of people can be very upsetting. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander versions of events were not recorded in the early days of colonial Australia, when Aboriginal people were not permitted to give evidence in court. It is only since First Peoples’ oral history and the work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander historians on colonial frontier conflict, depicted through art and other media as well as in articles, books, exhibitions, demonstrations and other formats such as online channels, has been published, that First Peoples’ voices about colonial history have begun to be heard. You can read more about selected and newly published books on the Books page. You can also find more resources on Australian frontier conflicts under Journal Articles, Videos, and Maps. Australia (General) Action for World Development 1999, Aboriginal Heroes of the Resistance: From Pemulwuy to Mabo, Action for World Development, Surry Hills, New South Wales Australian War Memorial, Military History Section, Australians at War: Colonial Period, 1788–1901 [ND] at https://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/colonial/, accessed on 24 October 2016. ‘One role of the troops was to guard Australia against external attack, but their main job was to maintain civil order, particularly against convict uprisings, and to suppress the resistance of the Aboriginal population to British settlement.’ Be aware that this chapter of the Australian War Memorial’s online Australians at War series does not explain the frontier wars period in any detail, such as the deliberate colonial military actions against Aboriginal people in  the colonies of New South Wales, … Continue reading Bibliography