Kevin Onus-King learnt that ‘you only get what you want when you fight for it’ and he learnt this in more ways than one over the years. He takes us back through the history of Indigenous activists in Fitzroy and how this area was a hot bed of political activity as he was growing up. He later became strongly involved in the fight for better conditions and has taken that fight across Australia.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2001982
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Adoption
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Attitudes
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Biography
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Children
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Cultural assimilation
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Education
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Employment
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Government relations
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Health and hygiene
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc.
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Medical care
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Removal
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Urban residence
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Victoria
Aboriginal Australia → Indigenous peoples
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Fitzroy (Vic.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Social life and customs
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communities
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community centers
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community development - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community education
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community power
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community welfare councils
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Demonstrations
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political activists
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Political campaigns - Australia
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community - Moral and ethical aspects
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health nursing
History → Aboriginal Australians - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI External Digital Access Copy