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Part 18 Quandong Cake

A woman grinds quandong fruit and mixes this with water to make an uncooked cake which is then eaten.
Series : People of the Australian Western Desert | Episode : 18 | Year : 1969 | Total Duration : 8 Minutes | Producer : John Martin-Jones
Director : Ian Dunlop |
Aboriginal man Djungurai passes small baby to young wife who breast feeds her and lays her in the sand manipulating limbs. CU's baby's face. Mother feeds her again but baby is unsettled. Father sits next to them , takes baby and blows onto her head as she cries. He is a mapantjara, man who can cure sickness. (Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126170 | 3 mins 2 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Young aboriginal woman crushes dried skin and flesh of fruit of quandong in wooden dish. Two other girls remove fleas from each other's hair. Man Djungurai takes the baby from his wife as she continues to grind fruit. She adds water and makes paste, rolls it into cake. CU's baby. Djungurai breaks uncooked cake open and eats some. Woman also eats. (Oct 1967)
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Access No. 126171 | 1 min 33 secs | 1960s | Spring Granite (Kunapurul), near Warburton Mission, WA, Australia | © Restricted Access - Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
National Film and Sound Archive - Australia