Chinese Territory

Australia, 1986

Film
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Episode number 5 of Series “The Top end”.
In the late nineteenth century there were six times as many Chinese as Europeans in the Northern Territory and even now Australians of Chinese descent make up a large portion of the population. These third generation Australians are now making efforts to teach Chinese culture and language before it is lost completely. Integration of the Chinese in the Territory has been relatively painless and several Chinese Australians, including Darwin’s first Chinese Lord Mayor, talk about this and their mixed national identity.

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Credits

director

Ron Low

co-producer

Barbara Mariotti

Moira Ferguson

production company

New England Film Productions

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1986

Appears in

The Top end

Group of items

The Top end

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302740

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Chinese - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Northern Territory

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Chinese - Australia

Places → Northern Territory

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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