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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 10 min. 6 sec.) ; 417919566 bytes |
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Six years in the making, First Australians is the most ambitious television project to be undertaken on Indigenous Australia. Produced by Australia's leading Aboriginal filmmakers, the series chronicles the birth of a country and the collision of two worlds. It is an epic story that comes alive through the struggles of individuals, both black and white. Beautifully filmed, the series blends landscape, art, interviews and first-hand accounts with a vast archival collection to present the birth of contemporary Australia as never seen before, from the perspective of its first people - the first Australians.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.Episode 1 They Have Come to Stay Sydney & New South Wales (1788-1824)Director: Rachel Perkins The first Australians and the British, the most powerful Empire in history, come face to face in Sydney on January 26, 1788. Their differences are immense but apprehension quickly turns to curiosity. Friendships form, some between powerful men such as Governor Arthur Phillip and the Aboriginal Bennelong. But by the time this pair leave for London three years later, relations between the two races have soured. The bloodshed worsens as settlers spread out across the land. . (Commissioned by SBSi, in English) (Documentary Series) (Part 1 of 7) |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-03-30 at 02:45:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Phillip, Arthur, 1738-1814.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Cultural assimilation.
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Ethnicity -- Social aspects.
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Social evolution.
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Social history.
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Social structure.
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New South Wales -- Sydney.
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Streaming video
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Perkins, Rachel, 1970- director
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Ager, Ben, cast
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Field, David, cast
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Lewis, Tom E, cast
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O'Hare, John, cast
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Pell, Kelton, cast
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Yovich, Ursula, cast
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Atkinson, Wayne, contributor
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Briggs, Carolyn, contributor
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Broome, Richard, contributor
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Langton, Marcia, contributor
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McCalman, Janet, contributor
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Pascoe, Bruce, contributor
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Reed, Liz, contributor
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Wandin-Murphy, Joy, contributor
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