FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Aerial of Areyonga settlement, NT. Pitjantjatjarra People. Commentator remarks on the government's assimilation policy & the refusal of some Aborigines to give up their nomadic lifestyle. View of water supply & pump. Aboriginal man watering vegetable garden; another man wheels wheelbarrow. Aboriginal man walks in front of buildings carrying spear & boomerang.

Various shots of Aboriginal camp in desert: dogs, people preparing food inside corrugated iron dwelling, woman holding a baby. Pitjantjatjarra People. Commentator denigrates Aboriginal customs, hygiene etc. Aboriginal stockmen herding cattle.

Aborigines lining up to receive food. Various shots of Areyonga settlement buildings. Commentator refers to creation of NT's welfare branch & importance of educating Ôthese simple nomads of the desert'. Pitjantjatjarra People. White nursing sisters washing Aboriginal babies, & handing out food rations to women. Children eating. Royal Flying Doctor Service

Pitjantjatjarra People. Mother and child. Man calling via radio for medical assistance from Alice Springs. Sick & injured Aborigines awaiting treatment, Flying Doctor Service plane arrives. White man teaching Aboriginal children with world globe, school children playing. Female teacher in classroom. School children's paintings. Good shots of children gathered around gramophone, filing out of school. Commentator talks about assimilation via education.

Pitjantjatjarra People. Various shots of Aboriginal camp, children standing in front of dwelling, preparation of food inside dwelling, Aboriginal man & child on horseback. People riding & walking with camels. Aerials of Areyonga settlement, NT. Commentator talks about assimilation not progressing due to the Aborigines' Ôphilosophy of tribal walkabout'.