"Lest We Forget"
The Frontier Wars 'For the Australian War Memorial to include meaningful exhibits about the wars that were fought on this land would be a powerful act of truth-telling in service of the nation.' #AnzacDay2023 #VoiceToParliament https://t.co/ypSY96imsJ — Michelle Arrow (@MichelleArrow1) April 23, 2023 "The recent media rounds of the new chair of the Australian War Memorial Council, Kim Beazley, appear to presage a major shift in the institution’s attitude to the frontier wars. Beazley explained it is “ enormously important ” that the current $550 million renovation of the war memorial provides significant coverage of violent conflict between settler and Indigenous Australians. He elaborated : We must give the Aboriginal population the dignity of resistance. Beazley’s attitude, which complements that of Veterans’ Affairs Minister Matt Keogh, signals that the Australian War Memorial is not impervious to the changed political landscape. Yet there remains resistance to Bea...