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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
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Ann Robb looks at the process of returning Indigenous cultural materials, including those that were once housed in the former Institute of Anatomy building before it became NFSA headquarters in...
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In February 1965, Dr 'Kumantjayi’ (Charlie) Perkins AO led students from the University of Sydney on a 'freedom ride’ through rural NSW to expose racial segregation in Australia.
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Within a generation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers have become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia.
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NFSA Indigenous Connections manager Tasha James conducts a Q&A with High Ground director, Stephen Johnson at Arc Cinema, Canberra in March 2021.
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In this excerpt from Art + Soul Episode 3: Bitter and Sweet, Mervyn Bishop talks about his most famous photograph – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically pouring sand into the hand of traditional...
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In this short clip Weekend Sunrise presenter Jessica Rowe does a round-up of events happening around Australia in connection with Australia Day.
This clip depicts the first time the Aboriginal flag...
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This news story from Nine News in 1997 outlines the copyright case that recognised artist Harold Thomas as the designer, and therefore the copyright owner, of the Australian Aboriginal flag.
Libby...
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This is probably the film’s most controversial scene, as well as the most harrowing, partly because it’s different to the way Doris Pilkington Garimara describes her abduction in the book. The book’s...
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This clip is a brief excerpt from the Virtual Reality experience, Virtual Whadjuk (2019) by Periscope Pictures.
Virtual Whadjuk is a time machine that strips away the city highrises and transports...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the apology to the Stolen Generations given by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 13 February 2008. Interwoven are the personal experiences of Sue Gordon AM of...