| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (57 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time |
005607 |
| Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Film |
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In Process Record. |
| Performer |
Bulla, Jimmy Biendurry, David Mowaljarlai, Dickie Skinner, Monty Gordon, Bruno Smith, Ribnga Green |
| Event |
Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1980. |
| Summary |
On Sacred Ground looks at the story behind the Noonkanbah dispute, the well-publicised Aboriginal struggle to stop mining in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in the late 1970s.. Presented by a young spokesman for the Kimberley Land Council, the film gives an Indigenous view of the area's history from the early days of European colonisation.. It explores the problems of Aboriginal dispossession and loss of identity and the efforts that have been made towards self-determination, economic self-sufficiency and maintaining language and culture. It helps explain Aboriginal ties to the land, the importance of sacred sites and the reasons for the land rights struggle. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Documentary-style films.
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Indigenous peoples--Cross-cultural studies.
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| Indexed Term |
Ethnicity |
| Genre/Form |
Australian Studies
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Firm), Distributor.
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Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
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| Music No. |
2114265 Kanopy |
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