Andrea Booth

The Frontier Wars: an overview Australian Frontier Wars are said to have lasted from the arrival of the British in 1788 to as late as 1934. Historians have argued for years over how many Indigenous people have been killed in colonial violence. Some say approximately 20,000 Indigenous people were killed and between 2,000-2,500 Europeans were killed. Historian Henry Reynolds estimated about 30,000 Indigenous people and approximately 5,000 Europeans died in his 2013 book Forgotten War.

Mr Dillon says governments may use DNA tests to define people as not Indigenous enough in order to "deny" them basic rights and further assimilate them into Australia’s majority European culture. "Dividing and conquering, dividing and conquering, that's what they're doing, until you've got no one left," Mr Dillon told NITV.

Santa has been crossing cultures in west Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. By Andrea Booth 14 Dec 2015 - 11:03 AM  UPDATED 14 Dec 2015 - 11:26 AM A picture of an Aboriginal man playing Santa in Gunbalanya in the Northern Territory has been circulating the Internet in December. The image was posted on Reddit alongside the message: "A friend of mine worked at a remote community of the Northern Territory. This is Christmas at Gunbalanya.