From gaol to gentry

Australia, 1985

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Episode number 1 of Series “Destination Australia: the migrant experience since 1788”.
This film examines the period of Australian history covering 1788-1840. Depicts the struggle for survival of the first fleet; the transformation of the penal colony into a mecca for British free settlers with the advent of the wool industry; encroachment of the pastoral industry on Aboriginal communities with disastrous results and slowing of migration with economic slump of the 1840’s. Suitable for middle to upper secondary levels.

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Credits

production company

Australian Institute of Multicultural Affairs

Duration

00:12:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Appears in

Destination Australia: the migrant experience since 1788

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Destination Australia: the migrant experience since 1788

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016711

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal)

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pastoral systems

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wool industry - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

History → Australia - History

History → Australia - History - 1788-1851

History → Convicts - Australia

History → First Fleet, 1787-1788

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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