Calls grow for Australia’s frontier wars to be remembered on Anzac Day

Unofficial acknowledgment of those killed in precolonial conflicts has grown – but commemoration is still being debated

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When Gimuy Walaburra Yidinji elder Theresa Dewar lays a wreath at the Cairns cenotaph on Tuesday, it will be to remember a conflict that took place well before Gallipoli.

For the seventh year in a row Dewar and fellow traditional owners will use the occasion of Anzac Day to remember those killed in Australia’s frontier wars.

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