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Title Characters Of Broome: Donnelly McKenzie - Ep 1 / / Director: West, Kimberley
Published Australia : SBS, 2016
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (25 min. 58 sec.) ; 148508830 bytes
Summary This documentary showcases the story of Donnelly McKenzie and Dianne Appleby. Donnelly McKenzie is a quiet gentleman of Broome who had his humble beginnings working at Streeter and Male and soon became the town's top sorter and grader of pearls. In fact, he was so good that his employer had to share him around with other pearling companies. Donnelly was also a great sportsman, excelling at football, basketball and later darts, all where he competed in many tournaments and sporting carnivals. Donnelly has some charming and some not-so-charming stories, especially those before the 1967 referendum, at which time Broome lived as a segregated community. Later in life, Donnelly became friends with Joe Roe and started a counselling service called Pinakarra that visited prisoners. Now semi-retired, he works two days a week at Pinakarra, and apart from that lives a quiet, retired life with children and grandchildren. Dianne Appleby is from the famous Broome family of the Edgar's. Although she lives a contemporary life, Di values the importance of language and culture. She is a linguist and is a fluent speaker in two languages - her mothers and fathers, Karrajarri and Yawuru. Along with her mother Doris, Di regularly performs the Welcome to Country ceremony at Broome's major events and was instrumental in establishing the Yawuru language classes at the Cable Beach Primary School. Di currently works for the Department of Corrective Services while supporting community organisations and the continuation and strengthening of the local language and culture
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2016-11-11 at 14:00:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Employment.
Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
Conduct of life.
Cultured pearls -- Grading.
Pearls -- Prices.
Western Australia -- Broome.
Form Streaming video
Author Appleby, Dianne, contributor
McKenzie, Donnelly, contributor
West, Kimberley, director