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Close to Slavery: Black Work in White History

Australia, 1988
film

Comprehensively portrayed by the archival footage in this film is a harrowing history of a government policy forcing Aboriginal Australians to assimilate to t..

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My Survival as an Aboriginal

Australia, 1978
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My Survival as an Aboriginal film stills

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Birth of a film festival

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Manganinnie

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[John Robertson Duigan Film Collection: Reel 14]

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Understanding

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[Melbourne. Laying foundation stone of All Saint's Church Hall, Kooyong, by Lady Stanley]

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[Wallace Clarke Home Movies: Reel 19]

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Film editing: interpretation and evaluation

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The Medic

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