The Australian Wars

WEDNESDAY, 7.30PM, SBS

The story of Australia’s longest war has largely been kept silent – until now. The three-part doco series explores Britain’s colonisation of Australia in 1788 and tells the story of First Nations peoples’ custodianship of Country for thousands of years. Directed by filmmaker Rachel Perkins (right), the show features dramatic reconstructions combined with interviews with historians, Aboriginal elders and descendants of survivors to explore the truth of Australia’s past.