Deborah Mailman and Cathy Freeman in Going Bush: Narbarlek

Title:

NFSA ID:

684809

Year:

2006

Courtesy:

Jeni McMahon, David Batty, Rebel Films

Category:

Television

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Summary

In 2006, two of the country's best-known and loved personalities, actor Deborah Mailman and Olympian Cathy Freeman, set out to meet remote Aboriginal communities from Broome to Arnhem Land to discover what life is like for people living there and to hear stories of their ancestors.

Their trip was documented by Lonely Planet TV in the four-part series Going Bush.

In this excerpt from episode 4, the two women reach a small remote community in Arnhem Land. They join emerging Aboriginal band Narbarlek in their recording studio and then speak to some of the elders in the community.