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  1. Narritjin in Canberra (1981 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In 1978 Narritjin Maymuru and his son Banapana were awarded fellowships as visiting artists at the Australian National University in Canberra. The film shows them and their families at work in their...

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  2. West Gate Bridge (1981 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    In October 1970, a span of West Gate Bridge in Melbourne collapsed under construction. Redpath Dorman Long International were called in as the new joint contractors to reassess, re-design and help complete...

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  3. Australasia: A View from Space (1980 Multimedia)

    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, 20 slides. col.

    The selection of areas covered is based on the value of imagery for systematic and regional information content. Emphasis is placed on 1) the structural geology and primary landforms of the Australian...

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  4. House-Opening, The (1980 Video)

    Director
    Judith MacDougall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min., 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    When Geraldine Kawanka’s husband died, she and her children left their house at Aurukun on the Cape York Peninsula of north-eastern Australia. In earlier times a bark house would have been burnt, but today...

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  5. My Country, Djarrakpi: An Introduction to a Clan Homeland by Narritjin Maymuru (1980 Video)

    aka: My Country, Djarrakpi

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Producer
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Narritjin Maymuru talks about his ancestral lands at Djarrakpi, one of the most important sacred sites of his Manggalili clan of the Yolngu people of north-east Arnham Land. Narritjin explains the meanings...

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  6. Narritjin at Djarrakpi (2 Parts) (1980 Video)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Hire, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50, 39 min., 1999 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) each part

    Narritjin Maymuru and his family are establishing a small settlement at Djarrakip, an important Manggalili clan site on the northern head of Blue Mud Bay in the Northern Territory of Australia. Narritjin is...

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  7. Stages (1980 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Drama
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Covers the work of Peter Brook at the Centre for International Theatre Creations (CICT) during a tour of Australia.The Centre was formed in Paris in 1970 and brought together performers and musicians of 18...

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  8. Waiting for Harry (1980 Film, Video)

    Director
    Kim McKenzie
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Sale Hire, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 57 minutes), £50.00

    About the preparations and organisational difficulties of the final and most involved stage of the sequence of mortuary rites practised by the Anbarra group of Australian aborigines. The conduct of each part...

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  9. Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka’Wuy (2 Parts) (1979 Film)

    Director
    Ian Dunlop
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The way of coping with death in north east Arnhem Land is through rites of clan, religion and land. The funeral is for a young child at an aboriginal clan homeland settlement on the Gulf of Carpentaria. At...

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  10. Takeover (1979 Film, Video)

    Director
    David McDougall; Judith McDougall
    Producer
    David McDougall; Judith McDougall
    Subject
    Anthropology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    On 13 March 1978 the Queensland government announced its intention to take over management of the Aurukan Aboriginal Reserve from the Uniting Church. The people of Aurukun complained bitterly, fearing that...

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