First Australians: They Have Come to Stay - 'Can you imagine?', Episode 1

Title:
First Australians: They Have Come to Stay - 'Can you imagine?', Episode 1
NFSA ID
769305
Year
2008
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
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On 25 January 1788 the First Fleet enters Sydney Harbour. Narrator Rachel Perkins and historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation convey the Indigenous point of view of this event. Emeritus Scholar Inga Clendinnen describes attempts by the Aboriginal people and the British soldiers to meet on peaceful terms. Summary by Sophia Sambono.