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Preparing for the corroboree

Australia, 1976
film

Filmed on Mornington Island, Queensland, an Aborigine, Jackson Jacob (Thunalgunaldin), explains the ritual associated with the holding of a corroboree.

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Australian Aborigines: art, life and religion

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We believe in it...We know it's true

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The Australian ballet - Corroboree

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Stories and songs of the people: they came for gathering

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The Dreaming reels. Vol. 2

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Sunrise: awakening = Tjintu-pakani

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Tjurunga: the story of stone age man. - Rev. ed.

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Surfing: the healing wave

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Gum preparation, stone flaking etc; (Episode 2)

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In song and dance

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Faces in the sun

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Jamboree

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My survival as an Aboriginal

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Milliya rumarra = Brand new day

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Call of the country

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