Colonists spread across the continent, assisted by the proliferation of rifles and horses. Everywhere, they were met with resistance from Fir...
Film-maker Rachel Perkins examines what happened when the increasing number of arriving European colonists encroached upon the prime hunting ...
Sydney was the first frontier war battleground. No treaty between European occupying forces and the First Nations people meant conflict, and ...
An introduction to the life and times of Nelson Mandela. Schools programme for seven- to 11-year-olds.
Director Gurinder Chadha learns about her father's life in Kenya and her grandmother's experiences during the partition of ...
Programme covers events in India from the 1930s to Independence and Partition in 1947.
This episode provides an insight into the way in which Eden secretly plotted with France and Israel, behind the USA's back, not o...
The story behind a bitter conflict during the last phase of the British Empire, which saw the Mau Mau attack white settlers in a savage bid fo...
The fall of the British empire is usually attributed to nationalist groups fighting for independence, yet as N...
European powers are forced to relinquish their colonies in Africa following the Second World War, but in most cases the newly ...
History and witness experiences of the Mau Mau Uprising in Kenya.
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