Australian War Memorial should recognise revised Aboriginal death toll: researcher

By Cameron Atfield
Updated July 18 2014 - 11:18am, first published July 17 2014 - 5:56am
The so-called frontier wars claimed more than 65,000 Aborigines in Queensland. Photo: Greg Newington
The so-called frontier wars claimed more than 65,000 Aborigines in Queensland. Photo: Greg Newington

New research that has calculated an Aboriginal death toll of more than 65,000 in Queensland alone during the so-called frontier wars has renewed calls for formal recognition at the Australian War Memorial.

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