Sit down one place

Australia, 1975

Film
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Compares the nomads, a group of 500 Aborigines led by a white man, Don McLeod, in the Pilbara, Western Australia, with the Mugarinya people led by Aborigine, Peter Coffin. The former have little governmental help and find it difficult to come to terms with the disintegration of their culture, the latter run their own station and receive assistance.

Credits

producer/director

Peter Drummond

Language

English

Duration

00:29:35:00

Colour

Colour

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