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Constellation

Aboriginal History Archive

Created by Julia Murphy

Featured in this constellation

Backroads

Dogs in Space

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

Wrong Kind of Black

Kiki and Kitty

Black Comedy

The Aboriginal History Archive at Victoria University, led by Gary Foley, is dedicated to the collection and preservation of First Peoples' stories and cultural material. The political activism of the Black Power movement in the 1970s is intersected with representation of Aboriginal actors on screen.

Aboriginal History Archive → Backroads