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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
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Sue Gordon AM of the Yamatji Nation describes her experience of being removed from her family and what is recorded in her file. Author Steve Kinnane of the Miriworng Nation attempts to understand his...
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Author Steve Kinnane of the Miriworng Nation sets the historical context of the clip. Western Australian police are reacting to calls from cattle farmers to enact revenge for loss of stock at the...
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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...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins and interviewees Emeritus Scholar Inga Clendinnen and Associate Professor James Kohen impart the story of a cross-cultural relationship between Lieutenant Dawes and Aboriginal...
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It is 1830 and European settlement has begun in Tasmania. Narrator Rachel Perkins sets the scene for the resulting inter-racial tension and violence dubbed the Black War, the harsh world Truganini is...
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This clip is set after Truganini and George Robinson have moved the remaining population of Indigenous Tasmanians to Flinders Island. Professor Lyndall Ryan explains the scientific rationalisation of...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins recounts Truganini’s concerns about her burial and the resting place of her body after her death. Darlene Mansell, historian Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins gives the historical context to the lives and situation of this episode’s focus individuals – Simon Wonga and William Barak. Writer Bruce Pascoe of Boonwurrung heritage and...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins outlines the formation of an Aboriginal Protection Board and the establishment of reserves around Victoria. Margaret Gardiner of the Wurundjeri clan, Carolyn Briggs, a...
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Narrator Rachel Perkins tells the Dreamtime stories of the desert people in Central Australia. The importance of the belief system and sacred law of the Arrernte people, Altyerra, is explained by...