Out of darkness

Australia, 1984

Film
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Robyn Williams narrates this history of First Nations peoples in Australia and the archaeological discoveries that have pieced together this history. Since the 1960’s our knowledge of the length of human occupation in the Australian continent has greatly increased, and it is now recognised that First Nations peoples in Australia are inheritors of the longest surviving culture in the world.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Butt

production company

Independent Productions (AU)

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325316

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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