Title Lousy little sixpence / producers, Alec Morgan, Gerald Bostock ; director, Alec Morgan

Published Chippendale, N.S.W. : Produced [by] Sixpence Productions with assistance from the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission, [1983] ©1983

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB	305.89915 Mor/Lls		AVAILABLE

Description 1 videocassette (VHS) (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in 1/2 in Summary In 1909, the New South Wales Aborigines Protection Board planned to break up Aboriginal communities by forcibly removing children and hiring them out as servants to white 'masters'. The children were paid sixpence for their services, but many never saw their lousy little sixpence. In the 1930s, Aboriginal people began to organise and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old film footage, photographs and the memories of Aboriginal elders, we are presented with an account of their lives and their struggle Notes Distributor: Ronin Films Credits Photographers, Martha Ansara, Jaems Grant, Allessandro Cavadini, Fabio Cavadini Performer Narrator: Chicka Dixon Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- History. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Reserves. Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Australia -- New South Wales. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Government relations. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Personal narratives. Genre/Form Video recordings. Author Morgan, Alec. Bostock, Gerry Dixon, Chicka Tucker, Margaret. Reid, Bill Cavadini, Fabio. Cavadini, Alessandro. Ansara, Martha. Grant, Jaems, 1952- Ronin Films. Sixpence Productions Australian Film Commission. Creative Development Branch

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