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Tagged: Indigenous Australians

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Portraits of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders
In these portraits, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders talk about their lives. Interview subjects include David Gulpilil, Rachel Perkins and Wayne Blair. They discuss the impact that white...
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Mabo
Twenty-five years ago on 3 June 1992, the High Court handed down its judgement in the Mabo case. Eddie Koiki Mabo (1936–1992) was a Meriam man from the island of Mer (Murray Island) in the Torres...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art and Artists
This collection illustrates the many and varied ways that Australia's First Peoples express themselves through art. The collection also shows how Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander peoples have...
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Archie Roach collection
Archie Roach's powerful songs tell his story of heartbreaking loss, love and healing through music. He is a Gunditjmara and Bundjalung man, born in Mooroopna, Victoria in 1956. A musician, author...
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women of Music
Celebrating the black and deadly women of Australian music, from Fanny Cochrane Smith in the 1890s to Jessica Mauboy in the 21st century. Music and dance are an integral part of ongoing Aboriginal...
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Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter
Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter were partners in life and music for more than 35 years before Ruby's death in 2010. It was Ruby who encouraged Archie to make his first album when he was reluctant,...
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First Australians
The landmark television series First Australians explores the history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective. In seven one-hour episodes, it explores what happens when the oldest living culture...
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Deep Dive: Trevor Graham and Mabo: Life of an Island Man
To celebrate NAIDOC Week, this month’s Deep Dive looks at Mabo: Life of an Island Man (1997) and features a yarn with Indigenous Connections Manager Tasha James and the film's director, Trevor Graham...
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Returning Indigenous Cultural Materials
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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Newscaf: Harbour Bridge Reconciliation Walk
To coincide with National Reconciliation Week 2020, we look back at the Walk for Reconciliation across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which took place 20 years ago on 28 May 2000. 
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.

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