Australian Frontier War

Crisis Simulation

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Australian Frontier War (NOVICE)

The Australian Frontier Wars committee will focus on the period of violent conflict between Indigenous Australians (Aboriginals) and British colonists beginning in 1788, as settler expansion encroached on Aboriginal land and sovereignty. Delegates will have to resolve conflict in the form of guerrilla warfare, massacres, and reprisals as Aboriginal groups resisted the loss of their land, culture, and autonomy. 

Approximate committee size: 20 delegates

Committee Topics

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Background Guide

Committee Chairs

  • Prithvi Chakraborty

    Prithvi Chakraborty, a junior at Maggie Walker, is very excited and honored to chair the Australian Frontier Wars Committee this year! Previously serving as a vice chair of the NFL Committee at GSMUNXXVI and co-chair of the NFL committee at GSMUN XXVII, along with being an award-winning delegate at high school and collegiate conferences such as WMHSMUN and VTMUNC, he is excited to witness thoughtful debates and discussions. At school, Prithvi is on the Varsity Tennis team, co-director of technology for the Jabberwock, reporter for the MLWGS TSA chapter, and event organizer for the Spanish Club. In his free time, Prithvi enjoys playing the electric guitar, practicing Shotokan Karate, and traveling the world. He can’t wait to meet all the delegates in March and looks forward to a wonderful, productive committee!

  • Ethan Xing

    Ethan Xing, a sophomore at Maggie Walker Governor’s School, is thrilled to chair the Australia Frontier Wars Committee this year. Now in his fourth year of Model UN, Ethan has competed and earned awards at conferences from the high school level to the international stage. Most recently he served as a Crisis Director for GSMUN XXVII’s five-way JCC. Outside of MUN, he is a deputy editor for The Jabberwock, head of fundraising for FRC Team 422: The Mech Tech Dragons, and a student leader with the MLWGS chapter of RAMPSRVA. In his free time, Ethan enjoys reading books from Churchill, trying new foods, and traveling internationally, and he is excited to meet all the delegates this February and can’t wait to engage with them and see the outcomes of an enormously impactful committe