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Tagged: Australian history

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First Australians: A Fair Deal for a Dark Race - Aborigines' Advancement League, Episode 6
Historians Professor Marcia Langton of the Yiman-Bidjara Nation and Professor Gordon Briscoe of the Maraduntjara Nation discuss the situation of Aboriginal people in south-east Australia in the 1930s...
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First Australians: Unhealthy Government Experiment - 'No thought for the mothers', Episode 5
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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First Australians: Unhealthy Government Experiment - The killing times, Episode 5
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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First Australians: They Have Come to Stay - 'Can you imagine?', Episode 1
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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First Australians: They Have Come to Stay - 'A genuine relationship', Episode 1
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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First Australians: Her Will to Survive - 'It was the best thing to do', Episode 2
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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First Australians: Her Will to Survive - A new science, Episode 2
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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First Australians: Her Will to Survive - 'The last Tasmanian', Episode 2
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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First Australians: Freedom For Our Lifetime - A compromise, Episode 3
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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First Australians: Freedom For Our Lifetime - 'Soothing pillow for a dying race', Episode 3
  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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