| Description |
7 videodisc (DVD) (ca. 60 min. ea.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in |
| Contents |
Episode 1. They have come to stay -- Episode 2. Her will to survive -- Episode 3. Freedom for our lifetime - Victoria (1860-1890) -- Episode 4. No other law - Arrernte County, Central Australia -- Episode 5. Unhealthy government experiment -- Episode 6. A fair deal for a dark race -- Episode 7. We are no longer shadows |
| Summary |
First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire. Over seven episodes, First Australians depicts the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period of history. The story begins in 1788 in Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishmen (Governor Phillip) and a warrior (Bennelong) and ends in 1993 with Koiki Mabo's legal challenge to the foundation of Australia. First Australians chronicles the collision of two worlds and the genesis of a new nation |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of SBS-TV broadcast October 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28, November 2, 2008 . Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Off-air recording of SBS ONE broadcast April 18, 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010 . Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
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Warning: The following program may cause distress to members of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island communities. It may contain images or voices of deceased persons |
| Credits |
Series producer, Helen Panckhurst; director/writer/producer, Rachel Perkins |
| Notes |
DVD |
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Rated: G, PG, No rating given (episode specific) |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- History
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Culture conflict -- Australia
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900
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Australia -- Race relations -- History
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| Author |
Panckhurst, Helen
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Perkins, Rachel, 1970-
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SBS-TV
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