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Small Island Big Fight Out Takes

Explores the economic and spiritual relationship of Murray Islanders to the sea, a relationship threatened by outside commercial fishing interests.
Year : 2000 | Total Duration : 24.5 Minutes | Producer : Rosemary Hesp (Producer), Trevor Graham (Co-Producer)
Director : Aven S Noah |
Tape 1 - Aven Noah, Murray Island fisherman, standing in knee deep water and fishing with hand line. Same shot in silhouette, small outboard motor fishing boat at sea, two men carrying catch in barrels to shore. VS of Meb and his business of harvesting Beche de Mer (sea cucumber) on Murray Island. Pan from beach to fibro shed in tropical landscape. WS of island off beach. Interview Meb Salee describes process of harvesting Beche de Mer as a private enterprise, difficulties of selling produce from Murray Island because of quarantine laws and his support of Indigenous sea rights and ways to provide economic independence for the islanders.
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Access No. 128428 | 58 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 2 - VS of gutting cleaning, filleting and processing and freezing fish catch for commercial sale on Murray Island, some coral trout. VS of tropical island shoreline at low tide, children on beach. Bishop Dave Passi talks of Malo, the central spiritual figure of Mer and its ceremonies and laws. Also of its importance to land and sea rights and economic independence. CU of coconuts in palm tree, tropical beach and small fish in clear shallow water. Dave Passi and Aven Noah on beach
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Access No. 128429 | 57 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 3 - Tropical beach at sunset, rowboat on shore, Kila Odo, Murray Island fisherman, casting net from boat and VS of fishing with hand held line and catch, wake of boat, Murray Island POV boat leaving island, Kila hooking a small shark and hauling on board boat, shark thrashing on floor of boat. Kila interview about traditional law and the recognition of traditional water territories for Murray Islanders through sea rights
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Access No. 128433 | 41 mins | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 4 - Green hillside (Gelam Hill) with two small trees, clear blue sky. Pan across green hillside down to ocean, small white church amongst tropical landscape. Full frame pan of ocean. Church service on Murray Island. General scenes in village and outdoor feast. Rock wall fish traps. Bamboo wind break on beach, striped worm in water, hermit crab, low tide. Ron Day, Chairman Mer Island Community Council describes the workings of the fish traps to two children and describes the fish traps as a community effort.
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Access No. 128435 | 65 mins 40 secs | 2000s | Gelam Hill, Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 5 - Ron Day, Chairman Mer Island Community Council interview about economic independence being reliant on their ability to manage and control the natural resources of Mer and not government welfare. VS of fish traps, palm trees in silhouette. Ron Day fishing with hand line from beach and talking of new freezer to be built for fish storage. Ron and Bishop Passi. Pan of tropical beach community with washing strung between trees. James Bon, Murray Island Council interview
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Access No. 128436 | 66 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 6 - James Bon of the Murray Island Council is interviewed about making a regional sea rights claim rather than individual islands placing individual claims and the importance of natural resources to Murray Island's economic independence and why Meriam people have rights to the sea. VS of beach and tropical landscape of Murray Island. Children playing on sand around a boat on beach. Tractor unloading goods in village. Family walking along dirt road. VS Mer State School and boys playing football and in classroom. Villagers shopping in local store
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Access No. 128438 | 66 mins 10 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 7 - Segar Passi and Jimmy Kabera guitar duet. Group singing, 3 guitars and ukulele - performed by Mer Island Community. Singers on beach perform ÒBuaiÓ . and Ò MaisoÓ WS of grey sky over ocean.People and vehicles in village. Group of men fixing water tank. Interview William Akee about CDP - a community project to provide work for Mer islanders. VS around the community centre on Mer.
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Access No. 128440 | 59 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 8 - CDP workers on Mer ( Murray Island) riding on back of truck in village. Interview William Akee and Lloyd Maza about training programs for building work skills and their hope of becoming a registered training organisation (RTO). He also discusses the importance of the sea as a source of livelihood for Meriam people. William on a four wheel buggy through the village. VS housing on Murray Island. VS of building a large freezer for the storage of fish catch. Interview with William on building site about the importance of training young workers at home rather than going to mainland. Children playing in sea. Tropical island at sunset. Children on play equipment. General scenics and tropical flowers , Dauar Island
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Access No. 128441 | 65 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island & Dauar Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 9 - Tropical beach with small waves lapping shore. WS ocean, white clouds in sky, Meb Salee in boat. Preparations for shark dance. Interview with Doug Passi
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Access No. 128452 | 45 mins 15 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA Limited & National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 10 - Preparations for Shark Dance. Shark Dance performance, women and man singing and playing traditional instruments. Group pose for photograph. Usiam Wailu describes the Shark Dance as sacred and about their cultural connection to the sea. Singers and drummers in shed. LS two men fishing in dingy. Aven Noah with headphones at microphone in radio station reading news in English and broken English
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Access No. 128454 | 57 mins 12 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 11 - Interview with Tony Kingston of Australian Fish Management Authority. Interview with Pedro Stephens of AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) , Thursday Island. Discusses Torres Strait Treaty of 1978 and sea rights. Henry Garnier of the Island Co-ordinating Council of Thursday Island and his support for sea rights. Engineers Wharf, pilot boat, general street scenes on Thursday Island Torres Strait Islanders Medi a Association
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Access No. 128456 | 57 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Thursday Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 12 - Exterior sign on Law Courts building, Brisbane. Good shot of statue of woman holding scales of justice outside the courthouse. General pedestrian street scenes with rear view of police walking. Ali Nona interview outside courthouse. VS of the start of Court of Appeal proceedings of case in which Ali Nona is defendant and involving a judgement on sea rights for Torres Strait Islanders. Barrister briefs defendant and supporters after court appearance. Ali Nona gives interview about the struggle for sea rights for Torres Strait Islanders. Street scenes outside courts. Interview with Barrister,Brian Devereaux explains the details of appeal.
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Access No. 128457 | 51 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Brisbane, Qld, Australia | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 13 - Murray Islander men painting carved sharks which are used in head dress for ceremonial Shark Dance. VS of women crafting the shark head dress with feathers. Interview Ron Day, Chairman Mer Island Community Council (poor sound)
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Access No. 128461 | 39 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 14 - Ron Day, Chairman Mer Island Community Council with a satellite image map of the Torres Strait region and Coral Sea. Ron points to boundaries defining the traditional waters of the Meriam people. Interior of Council building and general office scenes. General scenes of Murray Island POV travelling vehicle.
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Access No. 128463 | 17 mins 43 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 15 - Underwater, coral trout on a hook, blue water flecked with small white specks or plankton, full screen of ocean floor with coral. Cloth cleaning camera lens. Coral and tropical fish. Time-lapse shots of tropical beach at sunrise.
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Access No. 128464 | 16 mins 24 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 16 - Underwater, divers, snorkellers, sea bed, ocean floor, propellor of outboard motor, coral, fish, diver spears a crayfish, collecting sea cucumbers, Beche de Mer,
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Access No. 128466 | 33 mins 19 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 17 - Shark Dance, ceremonial dance performed by Murray Islander people.
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Access No. 128468 | 18 mins 25 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 18 - Interview David Haigh, Senior Lecturer in law, James Cook University, Queensland discusses why the sea was not included in the Mabo Native Title Rights case and that Native Title was caught in a complex web of national and international law. Sea Rights would give Murray Islanders more control. Also significance of Ali Nona court case and Torres Strait Treaty in the claim for sea rights. Interview Carl D'Aguiar, commercial fisherman, describes his fishing business in Torres Strait
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Access No. 128470 | 58 mins | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 19 - Interview Carl D'Aguiar, commercial fisherman, about abiding by the gentleman's agreement about no fishing home reefs near Torres Strait Islands. He presents his view on Sea Rights in Torres Strait
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Access No. 128477 | 17 mins | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Tape 20 - CU of boat anchor being brought up from ocean. VS commercial fishing trawlers at sea and processes involved in commercial catch and freezing fish on board. CU of depth finder on boat. Fisherman in outboard motor boat. Coral trout catch. Gutting, cleaning, filleting fish. Tenders to main fishing boat. VS of commercial boat, CU of bow.
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Access No. 128478 | 55 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - CU on man baiting a fish hook and man in silhouette standing in ankle deep water fishing with hand held line. Man and two children launching an aluminium row boat into water from tropical palm tree lined beach. Small fishing boat at sea and approaching camera. Pan of palm lined beach with small fibro huts amongst the tropical landscape. Static shot of headland.
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Access No. 129589 | 5 mins | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - CU of coconuts on tree ; WS of flat ocean with palm tree branches in F/G. Full screen of shallow clear water with small sardines swimming about.
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Access No. 129590 | 3 mins 4 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - LS of palm tree lined beach at sunset.
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Access No. 129594 | 1 min 35 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - Two trees on grassy hillside;WS and pan of ocean from grassy hillside. HA LS of small white roofed church amongst tropical trees. Full screen of ocean, small church on island, Australian flag flying CU of white cross against blue sky. LS of rock wall fish traps, zoom in and out. Torres Strait Islander family on a dune buggy along island road. Pan from bamboo fence on beach to water. Tilt up and down bamboo fence, CU on weather vane. Dogs on the beach. Black and white sea snake in shallows. CU on hermit crab. Full screen of shallow water and small rocks
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Access No. 129595 | 17 mins 31 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - Pan of shallow waters with rock wall fish traps; CU of weather vane; palm trees in silhouette;
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Access No. 129598 | 5 mins 12 secs | 2000s | Murray Island , Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - WS flat ocean, break in sky with orange glow of sun, single bird in flight over ocean,
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Access No. 129601 | 1 min 7 secs | 2000s | Murray Island , Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - Sunlight rays streaming through grey clouds over flat ocean, pan of flat ocean with small break of waves in distance; tropical beach; palm trees;
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Access No. 129602 | 3 mins 41 secs | 2000s | Murray Island , Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - Travelling shots past village houses, tropical landscape, ocean, beach. Torres Strait Islander man on dune buggy towards camera. Tropical beach in silhouette at sunset in purple colours. CU of tiny waves lapping shore. Young girl using a hand line to fish as small child swims in shallow water of beach. Man using a hand line to fish on edge of beach. WS of grey clouds over tropical beach. Torres Strait Islander people in village. Tops of palm trees against blue sky. CU of hibiscus and other tropical flowers and plants
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Access No. 129603 | 41 mins 5 secs | 2000s | Murray Island , Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 1 - LS of tropical beach in daylight with water lapping the sand; WS of flat ocean and small break in distance;
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Access No. 129606 | 7 mins 45 secs | 2000s | Murray Island , Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 2 - Torres Strait Islander men perform Shark Dance with shark masks
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Access No. 129608 | 11 mins 49 secs | 2000s | Murray Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA and the National Indigenous Media Association of Australia, 2000 | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 2 - WS of flat ocean, cruiser and jetty. VS of Thursday Island village and Torres Strait Islanders Media a Association Inc. Drive through shots of island, village and housing
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Access No. 129609 | 4 mins 41 secs | 2000s | Thursday Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 2 - Drive through shots of island, village and housing
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Access No. 129610 | 2 mins 25 secs | 2000s | Thursday Island, Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 2 - Underwater - full screen of coral, fish, clams, snorkeller, man diving, spear fishing,
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Access No. 129611 | 48 mins 30 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
Stock Footage Compile Tape 2 - VS of commercial fishing boat at sea
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Access No. 129612 | 1 min 17 secs | 2000s | Torres Strait | © NFSA | Colour |
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