The Frontier

On Friday nights I am watching a fascinating if disturbing documentary called Frontier, which is considered to be the first comprehensive account of Australia's troubled relationship between settlers and the indigenous population. It is shown on NITV, which is the National Indigenous Television Channel.

The show is from some years ago - one of the narrators is a young Hugo Weaving - but reminds me very much of Ken Burns' excellent series on the American civil war, using photographs and artworks with voiceovers quoting from contemporary sources.

I have no idea whether the series is available elsewhere but I thoroughly recommend it. Shocking and sobering but important.