In Far North Queensland, Indigenous troops are bringing unique ways of working with - and living off - the land to the front lines.
The soldiers of 51st Battalion, Far North Queensland Regiment, are stopping people-smugglers, drug-smugglers, illegal fishing and more.
Almost 40 per cent of this battalion are Indigenous soldiers. They are tasked with patrolling about 650,000 square kilometres of sparsely populated and remote terrain as well as staying vigilant in case of foreign incursion.
These soldiers – part of the army’s highly specialised Regional Force Surveillance Units – are the eyes and ears of the north and most live in remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the islands of the Torres Strait and north of Cairns.
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