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Title Dances at Aurukun, 1962 / directed by Ian Dunlop
Published Acton, Australian Capital Territory : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1964

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Description 1 online resource (31 min.)
Series Australasian video online
Summary This film is a record of traditional Aboriginal dancing at Aurukun Mission on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland. Filmed in 1962 for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, it showcases and preserves Wik ritual dances and ceremonies at a time when customary Aboriginal life was changing and adapting to Western culture
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed November 3, 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 Wik-Mungkan (Australian people)
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Dance
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Cape York Peninsula (Qld.) -- Rites and ceremonies
Aboriginal Australians -- Rites and ceremonies.
Wik-Mungkan (Australian people)
Queensland -- Cape York Peninsula.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Dunlop, Ian, 1927-