Ngurunderi: a Ngarrindjeri Dreaming

This Aboriginal myth, based on Albert Karloan’s version as told to Professor Berndt 1939-40, belongs to the Ngarrindjeri people of South Australia. It tells how Ngurunderi formed the landscape and the wildlife from the junction of the Murray Darling Rivers to Kangaroo Island where he left the world to become a bright star in the Milky Way. The Dreaming is re-enacted in the actual location it describes.

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Credits

producer

John Dick

production company

Pepper Studios

South Australian Film Corporation

S A Museum

director

Max Pepper

Duration

00:10:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303258

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Religion

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)

History → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Places → Murray River (N.S.W.-S. Aust.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1987

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