The Secret River review – have we really moved on?

‘Important and confronting’ ABC TV drama on hostile early Sydney settlement shows how precisely the past aligns with the present

The Secret River is a two-part ABC television drama that tackles the chilling fundamentals of Australian white settlement: Europeans invaded, slaughtered the first peoples and stole their land.

It is excellent. It is important. It is courageous, confronting television.

Related: The Secret River: behind the scenes – in pictures

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