Military museums and sites in Australia Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
historic sites and museums commemorating Australia's military history
About Military museums and sites in Australia
The only large scale war to have taken place in Australia was the fighting between Indigenous Australians and European settlers which began shortly after white settlement in 1788 and continued until the early 1930s. While over 20,000 Indigenous Australians and between 2,000 and 2,500 settlers are estimated to have been killed, there are very few monuments or memorials to the frontier wars, and no battle sites have been preserved. A team of academics is developing anonline mapof locations where battles and massacres occurred which may be helpful for visiting these sites. During the colonial era (1788-1901) barracks and coastal fortifications were established around the colonial capital cities. Britain stationed forces in Australia until the country achieved full self-governance in 1901, tho
Military museums and sites in Australia Travel Guide Sections
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