Rebecca Phillips considers how much has changed since her mother went to school. Perhaps she could now sit at the tables and play with the other kids, but she still felt ostracised for being different. Despite this, she has learnt to be proud of her heritage and found her place in the world.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B1007171
Language
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
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 - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Treatment
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Victoria
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Women
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Youth
Aboriginal Australia → Indigenous peoples
Aboriginal Australia → Race discrimination - Australia
Aboriginal Australia → Racism - Australia
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 - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
DVCAM; Master