The crafting of the number seven boomerang refines what was once a tree stump and root, to create a weapon that is used for both self-defence and hunting.

Four senior tribesmen introduce themselves and talk about going to look for a tree suitable for a number seven boomerang.

Senior men prepare the dogwood – or mulga – tree. The Elder chops at the tree, carving away the excess. Eventually the shape of the number seven boomerang begins to emerge.

An excerpt from the Gillian Armstrong docu-drama Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst (2005), featuring Judi Farr as Broadhurst in re-enactments. 

Alfred George, Warwick Thornton, Willy Orr, Ethan Dagg and Winmati Morris talk about what the first half of the race was like. Children play on the parked bikes.

Cars race through the dusty outback. Warwick Thornton talks to camera about the preparation for the race and the need to just finish it.

A map shows the path of the Finke Desert Race, starting in Alice Springs to the community of Finke 229 kilometres away. The racers stop for the night, then do the return ride the next day.

Agnes joins a group of 350 Aboriginal women from the central desert to rehearse and then perform the inma kungkarangkalpa at the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.

This clip shows historic footage of the removal of the people from the Charles Creek mission station and Aboriginal people working in the pastoral industry.

Agnes introduces herself, her family and her country and tells the dreaming story for the place.

Summary by Liz McNiven