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May O'Brien

Born into a fully traditional Aboriginal life and educated on a West Australian mission, author and educator May O'Brien has profoundly influenced Indigenous education.
Series : Australian Biography Series 11 | Episode : 6 | Year : 2007 | Total Duration : 26 Minutes | Producer : Rod Freedman
Director : Rod Freedman |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien about her regrets that she didn't go to university.
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Access No. 145974 | 47 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young woman. Zoom in to B&W photograph of her sitting in front of children's drawings on wall. Zoom in to MS colour photograph of O'Brien at microphone in front of Aboriginal flags. Zoom out to B&W photograph of Western Australian bushland.
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Access No. 145980 | 30 secs | 2000s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her birth in the bush according to Aboriginal custom and laws.
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Access No. 145981 | 20 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Graphic map showing Wongatha country in relation to the town of Kalgoorlie, WA and map showing larger region of WA.
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Access No. 145982 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her life growing up as a Wongatha child.
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Access No. 145983 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of pair of Aboriginal woman carrying children on their backs. B&W photograph of Aboriginal men and women by tree and shot of Aboriginal men with children.
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Access No. 145984 | 9 secs | 1920s | Australia | © Battye Library, Pictorial Collection | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her life growing up as a Wongatha child.
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Access No. 145985 | 17 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of river.
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Access No. 145986 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her life growing up as a Wongatha child.
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Access No. 145987 | 18 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage of naked Aboriginal toddler throwing then retrieving woomera.
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Access No. 145988 | 13 secs | 1930s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her life growing up as a Wongatha child in drought.
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Access No. 145989 | 10 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien's mother of full Aboriginal descent.
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Access No. 145990 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her life growing up as a Wongatha child without her mother.
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Access No. 145991 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal woman sitting by humpy.
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Access No. 145992 | 9 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Public Domain | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about missing out having her parents with her as a child.
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Access No. 145993 | 12 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien's as a child and photograph of her sister.
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Access No. 145994 | 11 secs | 1930s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien disclosing her brother's death at birth.
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Access No. 145995 | 22 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a child standing with other girls from Mount Margaret Mission.
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Access No. 145996 | 5 secs | 1930s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the fate of part Aboriginal children who were fathered by non-Aboriginal men.
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Access No. 145997 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a child posing with other girls from Mount Margaret Mission.
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Access No. 145998 | 7 secs | 1930s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the fate of part Aboriginal children who were fathered by non-Aboriginal men.
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Access No. 145999 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a child standing with other girls.
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Access No. 146000 | 6 secs | 1930s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the fate of part Aboriginal children who were fathered by non-Aboriginal men.
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Access No. 146001 | 21 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young girl in hat smiling to camera. Tilt up B&W photograph of part-Aboriginal couple Norman and Eva Forrest posing in western style clothes.
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Access No. 146002 | 24 secs | 1940s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the help that part Aboriginal couple Norman and Eva Forrest gave to the Aboriginal community.
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Access No. 146003 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of part-Aboriginal couple Norman and Eva Forrest posing in western style clothes.
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Access No. 146004 | 14 secs | 1940s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about being left at a mission by part Aboriginal couple Norman and Eva Forrest.
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Access No. 146005 | 50 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of Aboriginal girls in mission dormitory. B&W WS of Mount Margaret Mission and closer WS of same.
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Access No. 146006 | 18 secs | 1940s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the infrequent visits her mother made to the Mount Margaret Mission when O'Brien was there.
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Access No. 146007 | 10 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien's mother. WS of children gathered in yard of Mount Margaret Mission. MS B&W photograph of O'Brien as a child.
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Access No. 146008 | 17 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about challenging the rules of the Mount Margaret Mission when she was there.
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Access No. 146009 | 10 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a child with group of other Aboriginal children at Mount Margaret Mission.
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Access No. 146010 | 12 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about challenging the rules of the Mount Margaret Mission when she was a child.
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Access No. 146011 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from CU of B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a child with two other Aboriginal girls from Mount Margaret Mission with their hair spiked.
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Access No. 146012 | 13 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about being punished for challenging the rules of the Mount Margaret Mission when she was a child.
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Access No. 146013 | 13 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of group of young women at the Mount Margaret Mission in the yard.
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Access No. 146014 | 8 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about mixing of the sexes at the time she was in the Mount Margaret Mission.
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Access No. 146015 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien in amongst group of young men and women at the Mount Margaret Mission. Zoom in to hand coloured photograph of O'Brien sitting with three other young women.
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Access No. 146016 | 19 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the world of learning which opened up to her at Mount Margaret Mission school.
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Access No. 146017 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of children in classroom at the Mount Margaret Mission all sitting facing camera with teacher and educator and writer May O'Brien as a young teacher's assistant standing in shot. WS of classroom. Photograph of O'Brien in school uniform standing next to bus. Zoom out from group high school photograph with O'Brien in back row. Tilt down B&W photograph of exterior of Perth Girls School to O'Brien walking past in uniform carrying case. MS of O'Brien in high school uniform.
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Access No. 146018 | 59 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about failing her entrance exam to Perth Girls School.
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Access No. 146019 | 14 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a teenager standing with two other girls. Slow zoom in to MS photograph of O'Brien dressed in coat, dress and hat.
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Access No. 146020 | 15 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about appealing directly to the Director General of Education after failing her entrance exam to Perth Girls School.
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Access No. 146021 | 13 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a teenager standing with other Aboriginal students around seated man.
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Access No. 146022 | 15 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her successful appeal to stay at school after failing her entrance exam to Perth Girls School.
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Access No. 146023 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a teenager standing with two other Aboriginal young women either side of her.
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Access No. 146024 | 6 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about learning to seek help straight at the top with problems.
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Access No. 146025 | 2 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a teenager in blazer. Zoom in to photograph of O'Brien sitting on hillside.
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Access No. 146026 | 11 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about living with the Nyoongar people in Perth.
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Access No. 146027 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young woman. GS photograph of O'Brien sitting in car with book.
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Access No. 146028 | 11 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about starting to fight for social justice as a young woman.
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Access No. 146029 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of primary school children sitting at rows of desks shot from behind.
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Access No. 146030 | 6 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © Mount Hawthorn Primary School | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of Aboriginal girl and boy holding up needlework pictures.
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Access No. 146031 | 4 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about starting to fight for social justice in the classroom as a young woman.
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Access No. 146032 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow zoom in to MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young woman. WS of children in yard of Mount Margaret Mission and colour photograph of O'Brien as a teacher at the Mission with young Aboriginal children outside classroom. Pan along row of children.
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Access No. 146033 | 23 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about teaching young children from the Mount Margaret Mission.
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Access No. 146034 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young teacher posing with her class of Aboriginal children from the Mount Margaret Mission. Zoom in to O'Brien. Colour photograph of O'Brien as a teacher posing with group from the Methodist Mission at Mogumber (also known as the old Moore River Settlement). Colour photographs of students around buildings of the Mission.
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Access No. 146035 | 19 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about teaching at the Methodist Mission at Mogumber.
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Access No. 146036 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photograph of young Aboriginal children jumping rope at the Methodist Mission at Mogumber. Zoom in to photograph of children squatting in garden.
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Access No. 146037 | 24 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the racist attitudes and demonising of Aboriginal people which prevailed in 1950s and 1960s Australia.
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Access No. 146038 | 9 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien as a young teacher.
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Access No. 146039 | 11 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about being angered at the attitudes to and treatment of Aboriginal people which prevailed in 1950s and 1960s Australia.
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Access No. 146040 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien in audience pointing as she makes a point.
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Access No. 146041 | 8 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Duncan Graham | B&W |
B&W newspaper article "Graham's Campaign Draws 30,000" with photograph of crowds. CU newspaper headline "35,000 Flock to Graham's Last Address". Archival B&W footage of Graham addressing crowd.
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Access No. 146042 | 16 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Billy Graham Evangelical Association | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the power of Billy Graham's visit to Perth.
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Access No. 146043 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage with CU of teary woman listening to Billy Graham addressing crowd. CU of older woman and high angle pan across massive crowd of followers. MS Graham addressing crowd.
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Access No. 146044 | 14 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Billy Graham Evangelical Association | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien quoting part of a sermon from Billy Graham's visit to Perth which particularly struck her.
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Access No. 146045 | 13 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien standing outside white timber church with Aboriginal couple. Tilt up church to spire.
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Access No. 146046 | 15 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her fighting spirit.
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Access No. 146047 | 20 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien standing outside primary school building surrounded by children waving Australian flags.
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Access No. 146048 | 16 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © Mount Hawthorne Junior Primary School | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about teaching New Australian children at Mount Hawthorn Primary School.
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Access No. 146049 | -16 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien standing at front of primary school students standing in classroom looking to camera.
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Access No. 146050 | 9 secs | 1950s | WA, Australia | © Mount Hawthorne Junior Primary School | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about encouraging the parents of New Australian children at Mount Hawthorn Primary School to have contact with the school.
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Access No. 146051 | 26 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien in wedding dress and veil posing with her husband Jack surrounded by rest of wedding party on their wedding day.
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Access No. 146052 | 15 secs | 1960s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her initial resistance to marry.
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Access No. 146053 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing with her husband Jack and wedding attendants outside caravan on their wedding day.
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Access No. 146054 | 7 secs | 1960s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her reluctance to have children.
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Access No. 146055 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing in wedding dress with bridesmaids.
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Access No. 146056 | 7 secs | 1960s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her reasons for not having children.
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Access No. 146057 | 46 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from B&W class photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing with primary school students.
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Access No. 146058 | 8 secs | 1960s | WA, Australia | © Mount Hawthorne Junior Primary School | B&W |
MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting around table with colleagues from the National Aboriginal Education Committee (NAEC). Zoom out to WS of more colleagues and table full of paper. Zoom out from B&W photograph with O'Brien standing with fellow indigenous and non-indigenous committee members.
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Access No. 146059 | 27 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Unknown | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her work for Aboriginal education.
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Access No. 146060 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
MS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien. B&W WS photograph of O'Brien standing over colleagues seated at table at the time of publishing the first ever report on education for Aborigines.
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Access No. 146061 | 13 secs | 1970s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the work of the National Aboriginal Education Group.
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Access No. 146062 | 8 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Slow zoom out from B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien standing with colleagues. B&W zoom out from photograph of O'Brien on phone at desk as a liaison officer for Aboriginal people.
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Access No. 146063 | 25 secs | 1970s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her dislike of having a desk job when she was appointed liaison officer for Aboriginal people.
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Access No. 146064 | 31 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien smiling to camera.
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Access No. 146065 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Unknown | B&W |
WS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting next to colleague with Aboriginal children sitting at their feet.
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Access No. 146066 | 12 secs | 1970s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her championing the cause of Aboriginal education.
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Access No. 146067 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting with colleagues in library.
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Access No. 146068 | 12 secs | 1970s | WA, Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
WS archival colour footage of educator and writer May O'Brien addressing camera about negative stereotyping of Aboriginality and footage of Aboriginal children running over sand hill towards camera. GS children walking towards bush.
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Access No. 146069 | 19 secs | 1970s | WA, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Zoom out from colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien standing in front of pond and stately building in the USA during her Churchill Fellowship in 1984.
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Access No. 146070 | 9 secs | 1980s | USA | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about using her Churchill Fellowship to broaden her knowledge of indigenous education situations elsewhere.
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Access No. 146071 | 6 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour photographs of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting in front of class showing Aboriginal books and standing in front of class talking. GS O'Brien standing with four children from Navaho reservation. WS O'Brien standing with two native American women.
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Access No. 146072 | 12 secs | 1980s | USA | © May O'Brien | Colour |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the similar plight Native Americans and Aborigines had.
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Access No. 146073 | 10 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing next to plaque for stage one of Nyoongah Community Inc. Aboriginal Cultural College Gnangara.
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Access No. 146074 | 13 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
CU interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her efforts for Aboriginal teacher training coming to fruition.
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Access No. 146075 | 4 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom out from colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing with women next to Aboriginal Santa and WS of O'Brien seated in photograph taken with colleagues from the education department.
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Access No. 146076 | 21 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the sexist remarks made by her male colleagues.
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Access No. 146077 | 11 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to MS B&W photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien posing with two female students to CU of O'Brien.
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Access No. 146078 | 12 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her fight for equal representation of men and women in senior positions in the education department.
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Access No. 146079 | 7 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of educator and writer May O'Brien being interviewed by ABC reporter. GS Aboriginal children playing in bush. CU interview with O'Brien talking about the need for more Aboriginal people with qualifications and MS of Aboriginal woman at desk job answering telephone.
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Access No. 146080 | 17 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Zoom in to MS colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien at microphone with Aboriginal flag draped behind her.
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Access No. 146081 | 6 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | B&W |
Colour stills of covers of books written by O'Brien including "Why the Emu Can't Fly", "How Crows Became Black", "The Kangaroos Who Wanted To Be People" and "Barn-Barn, Barala, The Bush Trickster".
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Access No. 146082 | 18 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © Fremantle Arts Centre Press | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the desire she had to write stories from her country and also to write about mistakes made when learning English.
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Access No. 146083 | 3 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Colour stills of covers for books written by O'Brien "What Did You Say?" and "Which Jack?" CUs to examples of illustrations and text in the books.
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Access No. 146084 | 14 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © Fremantle Arts Centre Press | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about the pride Aboriginal children feel in seeing their language represented in literature.
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Access No. 146085 | 5 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Zoom in to colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting on grass with book surrounded by children. Zoom in to colour photograph of O'Brien in bush with schoolchildren. B&W photograph of O'Brien in bush camp with branches. Fade from B&W photograph of branches in ground to photo of humpy over them. Photograph of O'Brien as a child superimposed over photograph of humpy.
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Access No. 146086 | 47 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about her fighting spirit which lifted her from a difficult childhood to achieve her goals.
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Access No. 146087 | 23 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage of Aboriginal children in classrooms. MS interview with May O'Brien. VS students in classroom.
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Access No. 146088 | 31 secs | 1980s | WA, Australia | © ABC Library Sales | Colour |
Colour photograph of educator and writer May O'Brien sitting at classroom desk autographing book with Aboriginal students standing around her watching. Colour photograph of O'Brien with arm around Aboriginal schoolgirl holding framed certificate.
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Access No. 146089 | 9 secs | 1980s | Australia | © May O'Brien | Colour |
MS interview with educator and writer May O'Brien talking about Aboriginal youth of today and of her joy in their presence. Closing credits over footage of O'Brien and her husband Jack walking along river bank and sitting on bench overlooking river.
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Access No. 146090 | 55 secs | 2000s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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