Ian Dunlop revisits the small Aboriginal township of Yirrkala on the Gove Peninsula. As a solution to the encroachment of NABALCO’s mining interests on to traditional Aboriginal land, the people are setting up homeland centres where they can live a traditional way of life. Their development is co-ordinated and supported by the outstation movement headquarters in Yirrkala. Dunlop visits the established settlement of Baniyala, homeland of the Madarrpa clan and observes the pattern of life here and the establishment of a new centre across the bay.
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ACMI Identifier
303320
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Land tenure
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Yirrkala (N.T)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)