The Conciliation by Benjamin Duterrau, 1840

Australia, 1979

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Episode of Series “The Australian eye II”.
This film looks at the works of Benjamin Duterrau, and in particular his painting “The Conciliation”. This was of importance as, based on the meeting of George Augustus Robinson in 1830 with a group of Tasmanian aborigines, it was the first painting of a historical scene created in Australia.

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Credits

producer

Malcolm Otton

director

David Muir

production company

Tasmanian Film Corporation

Film Australia

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Appears in

The Australian eye II

Group of items

The Australian eye II

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323364

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Tasmania

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Themes, motives

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and society

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art criticism

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

History → History

History → Tasmania - History

People → Artists - Biography

People → Duterrau, Benjamin, 1767-1851

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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