In reclaiming our history of resistance, we can also revitalise decimated languages

On the bicentenary of the colonisation of New England, IndigenousX host Callum Clayton-Dixon reassesses the frontier wars

by Callum Clayton-Dixon, Jan 17, 2017

This year marks the bicentennial of John Oxley’s 1818 reconnaissance mission to the New England tableland in New South Wales, which lay the foundation for 200 years (and counting) of violent and stifling colonialism. The first squatter reached New England in 1832, and an intense period of frontier conflict accompanied the ensuing invasion and occupation.