Video: Australian Biography: Faith Bandler
1993
Video: Australian Biography: Faith Bandler
1993
- NFSA IDJF68GD8X
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- Duration26 mins
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1993
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
From the Film Australia Collection. Made by Film Australia 1993. Directed by Frank Heimans. Born in NSW in 1920, Faith Bandler is a descendant of South Sea Islanders. During the 1950s, she became involved in the peace movement, and in 1956 was instrumental in setting up the Australian Aboriginal Fellowship. In 1974, Faith decided to direct her energies to the 16,000 descendants of South Sea Islanders and, in 1975, made her first emotional journey to her father’s birthplace on Ambrym.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
From the Film Australia Collection. Made by Film Australia 1993. Directed by Frank Heimans. Born in NSW in 1920, Faith Bandler is a descendant of South Sea Islanders. During the 1950s, she became involved in the peace movement, and in 1956 was instrumental in setting up the Australian Aboriginal Fellowship. In 1974, Faith decided to direct her energies to the 16,000 descendants of South Sea Islanders and, in 1975, made her first emotional journey to her father’s birthplace on Ambrym.
- NFSA IDJF68GD8X
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- Duration26 mins
- GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1993
- Production companyFilm Australia
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