Shows First Nations people making weapons, hunting, cooking and painting on bark. Also shows some rare cave paintings. Filmed in the Northern Territory near Darwin.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
501965
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Hunting
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bark painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Rock paintings
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)