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Title The islanders / directed by Cecil Holmes
Published Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (22 min.)
Series Australasian video online
Summary Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should be aware that this content may contain images or names of people who have since passed away. Above the tip of Cape York, beyond the northernmost point of the Australian continent, are the Torres Strait Islands. The economy here is based on home gardens and pearlshell fishing. The culture, with its basis in music, dancing and ceremony, provides a striking contrast to that of mainland Australia. This film, shot in the late 1960s, shows how strongly old traditions still affect Torres Strait Islander people, even though they also have most of the trappings of modern life
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed November 20, 2014)
Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should be aware that this content may contain images or names of people who have since passed away
In English
Subject Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions
Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs
Economic history.
Manners and customs.
Torres Strait Islanders -- Social conditions.
Torres Strait Islanders -- Social life and customs.
SUBJECT Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Social life and customs
Torres Strait Islands (Qld.) -- Economic conditions
Subject Queensland -- Torres Strait Islands.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Holmes, Cecil, 1921-1994.
Mason, Richard.
Film Australia (Organization)
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)