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Buried Country (Feature Version)

Buried Country reveals how Aboriginal Australians have long been inspired by country music and have used it to tell their stories - of everyday life, the connection to the land, the fight for land rights and the struggle for equality.
Year : 1999 | Total Duration : 75 Minutes | Producer : Liz Watts
Director : Andy Nehl |
Record cover: Cape Barren Island Dance Music superimposed over rippling water. Copy of Brown Brothers record ÒDance Music from Cape Barren IslandÓ Custom Recording. (Audio ÒThe Black & White JigÓ)
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Access No. 130634 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Custom Recording | Colour |
Interior Neville community hall, CU floorboards, ceiling, wooden seats, stage (audio ÒBlack and White CatÓ by The Brown Brothers from Cape Barren Island, Tasmania). Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little seated on verandah talking about old time dances. (Audio ÒThe Black & White JigÓ)
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Access No. 130635 | 33 secs | 1990s | Neville, Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage from Australian feature film ÒThe Squatter's DaughterÓ. Aboriginal men with body paint playing gum leaves on stage. CU Aboriginal man's foot, playing gum leaf, gum leaf band (1933).
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Access No. 130636 | 18 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Cinesound Movietone Productions | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about having to repair guitar strings and how some people made their own guitars. CU guitar strings. Aboriginal singer Bill Riley talking about how he made his own banjo, how he taught himself how to play the guitar by listening to old records. CU's guitar strings.
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Access No. 130637 | 50 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage non-Indigenous man playing gramophone, Aboriginal children and bare-breasted young women watching. (Audio ÒMule Skinner BluesÓ Jimmie Rodgers USA). VS Aboriginal men with beards and other Aboriginal people listening to gramophone.
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Access No. 130638 | 22 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu talking about how his father had an old gramophone player and gathered some American country and Western records. Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about American singer Jimmie Rodgers.
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Access No. 130639 | 38 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph American country and western singer Jimmie Rodgers.
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Access No. 130640 | 4 secs | 1950s | USA? | © Country Music Association USA | B&W |
Photograph American singer Hank Williams
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Access No. 130641 | 3 secs | 1950s | USA | © Acuff-Rose Music Publishing | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about American country and western singers and then emerging of Australian sound. Inside Museum wax models of Buddy Williams and Tex Morton.
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Access No. 130642 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage country singer Tex Morton singing ÒThe Cream in BetweenÓ
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Access No. 130643 | 11 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Photograph singer Tex Morton and guitar with young Aboriginal people
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Access No. 130644 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Eric Watson | B&W |
Inside Museum wax model singer Slim Dusty holding guitar. Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about how Aboriginal people loved and were inspired by singers Slim Dusty and Buddy Williams because they took their music out to the settlements. Aboriginal singer Bill Riley talking about Slim Dusty having a lot of mates. (audio ÒThe Peppimenarti SongÓ Slim Dusty).
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Access No. 130645 | 35 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Archival footage excerpt from ÒThe Slim Dusty MovieÓ (1989). Car driving into Aboriginal community, Slim gets out of car and greets Aboriginal men in 1983. (audio ÒThe Peppimenarti SongÓ Slim Dusty).
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Access No. 130646 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Slim Dusty Enterprises / Kent Chadwick | Colour |
Country singer Slim Dusty saying he may never have succeeded if it wasn't for the Aboriginal people, often his only audience.
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Access No. 130647 | 8 secs | 1990s | Nulla Nulla Creek, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage excerpt from ÒThe Slim Dusty MovieÓ (1989). Slim plays guitar and sings ÒPlains of PeppimenartiÓ. Women and children in audience join in singing. Slim plays on back of truck. Audience. Filmed in 1983.
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Access No. 130648 | 24 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Slim Dusty Enterprises / Kent Chadwick | Colour |
Country singer Slim Dusty talking about the first time he heard a country song when he was a child, it was a song by American singer Jimmie Rodgers, sung by an Aboriginal man. Wooden fence with old engravings in it, water trough, metal chain on gate.
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Access No. 130649 | 36 secs | 1990s | Nulla Nulla Creek, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal entertainer Billy Bargo. Advertising poster of Billy Bargo's show.
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Access No. 130650 | 8 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Wanda Braybrook / Ian Hands | B&W |
Archival footage from Australian Diary series Aboriginal entertainer Billy Bargo performing stunts with stockwhip with partner Danny Dare including with snake. (1947)
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Access No. 130651 | 22 secs | 1940s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Poster with headline about Aboriginal entertainer Billy Bargo. Photo of Bargo, zoom out to reveal singer Tex Morton
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Access No. 130652 | 15 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Wanda Braybrook / Ian Hands | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal entertainer Billy Bargo performing stunts with stockwhip with partner Danny Dare including with bottle and blindfold. (1947)
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Access No. 130653 | 16 secs | 1940s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Photograph Aboriginal entertainer Billy Bargo
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Access No. 130654 | 6 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Wanda Braybrook / Ian Hands | B&W |
B&W Photograph Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little (1950s). Interview Little talking about his parents being vaudevillians (1998).
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Access No. 130655 | 11 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © Jimmy Little Enterprises/ NFSA | B&W |
Photograph singer Jimmy Little's father with other Aboriginal Wallaga Lake Cummeragunga Gumleaf Band performers (circa 1939)
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Access No. 130656 | 5 secs | 1930s | Wallaga lake, NSW, Australia | © AIATSIS | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little talking about his childhood and being brought up in a theatrical environment. Narooma Kinema - Cinema sign advertising Saturday matinee, cinema tickets, curtain raised, cinema seats.
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Access No. 130657 | 12 secs | 1990s | Narooma, Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior of cinema with Gene Autry film The Phantom Empire playing
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Access No. 130658 | 14 secs | 1950s | Narooma Kinema, NSW, Australia | © Movieland & Universal Music Publishing | B&W |
Sepia reenactment feet and guitar case on platform at railway station, railway siding (Nowra). Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little talking about being a novelty (at the beginning of his career) as young black kid with predominately white audience domain. Photograph Little and band.
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Access No. 130659 | 20 secs | 1990s, 1950s, | Nowra, Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA / Jimmy Little Enterprises | Colour |
78 RPM records by Jimmy Little with Regal Zonphone label ÒSweet MamaÓ and ÒA Fool Such as I'
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Access No. 130660 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Festival Mushroom Group | Colour |
Archival footage VS Thursday Island singers around campfire singing ÒMy Beautiful Home TIÓ including CU's strumming on guitars and ukulele. Group around campfire. (1978)
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Access No. 130744 | 28 secs | 1970s | Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Australia | © BP Australia | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Bob Randall showing the difference between country music and (Torres Strait) Island using guitar. Gramophone playing, CU needle on the record. Randall talking about being about how it was to be able to relate to the stories told in songs and aspire to freedom, how being in an institution was like being in prison.
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Access No. 130745 | 1 min | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage Amoonguna Mission buildings (audio Vic Simms ÒStranger in My CountryÓ). Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about prejudice he faced (1997).
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Access No. 130746 | 30 secs | 1960s | Amoonguna Mission, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation / NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage Moree Artesian Baths Olympic Swimming Pool, NSW, couple watching others from edge (1958). Aboriginal singer Vic Simms (1998) relating an incident at Moree swimming baths when he was told to leave because of his race, how his (non-indigenous) companions left with him. It was first experience he had of racial prejudice outside La Perouse (Sydney, NSW).
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Access No. 130747 | 45 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Moree, NSW, Australia | © Film Australia Library / NFSA | Colour |
Archival colour footage 1965 protest by Freedom Riders (university students campaigning against racism) at Moree Swimming Pool. Scuffle of people in street, sign to Artesian Baths Olympic Pool, people at pool entrance, students with protest banners.
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Access No. 130748 | 15 secs | 1960s | Moree, NSW, Australia | © Jim Spiegelman | Colour |
Archival B&W footage Freedom Riders on bus, students eating on bus (university students campaigning against racism)
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Access No. 130749 | 4 secs | 1960s | NSW, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival colour footage Freedom Riders (university students campaigning against racism) with banners, student (Charles Perkins?) giving speech, people with banners.
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Access No. 130750 | 13 secs | 1960s | Walgett, NSW, Australia | © Jim Spiegelman | Colour |
Interview with country singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu talking about Aboriginal being given freedom of expression after the referendum (enabling Aboriginal people to vote in Australian elections) in the 1960s.
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Access No. 130751 | 20 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal people singing with man playing guitar ÒWe are going to freedomÓ.
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Access No. 130752 | 8 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose winning World Bantamweight title in 1968. Shots of boxing ring and crowd, Rose receiving trophy
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Access No. 130753 | 6 secs | 1960s | Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Archival footage boxer Lionel Rose dressed in evening suit receiving record award for Australia's first Aboriginal Number One for ÒI Thank YouÓ (1969).
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Access No. 130754 | 11 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage boxer Lionel Rose sings Australian number one hit ÒI Thank YouÓ
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Access No. 130755 | 23 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Country singer Wilga Williams talking about boxer and singer Lionel Rose
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Access No. 130756 | 6 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage boxer Lionel Rose singing ÒI Thank YouÓ. with guitar on stage, crowd applauding.
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Access No. 130757 | 5 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Country singer Wilga Williams talking about listening to Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose singing.
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Access No. 130758 | 7 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Festival record label of gramophone record ÒGood Old Country HeartÓ by Lionel Rose
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Access No. 130759 | 5 secs | 1990s | © Festival Mushroom Group | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about how boxer / singer Lionel Rose inspired other Aboriginal people. B&W photograph singers young Bobby McLeod and Slim Dusty together (Tamworth). Interview with Lionel Rose talking about how it was a fluke that he had two songs (1998).
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Access No. 130760 | 14 secs | 1990s | Nowra, NSW, Australia | © NFSA / Northern Daily Leader | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose seated on couch bare chested, playing guitar and singing to young boy by television.
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Access No. 130761 | 6 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Rose interview saying he never meant to start cutting records, liked listening to people who could play (1998) B&W photograph Aboriginal boxer / singer Lionel Rose on stage with electric guitar wearing sunglasses. Detail of album cover ÒJackson's TrackÓ recorded by Lionel Rose.
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Access No. 130762 | 26 secs | 1990s, 1960s, | Australia | © NFSA / Chris McGuigan / Festival Mushroom Group | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose in ring in robe with arms raised. Audio ÒJackson's TrackÓ.
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Access No. 130763 | 3 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Film World | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal boxer / singer Lionel Rose waving wearing suit, trophy held up high behind him (audio ÒJackson's TrackÓ Lionel Rose). B&W Photograph young Aboriginal boy smiling up at camera. Group of Aboriginal people posing for photograph on back of trailer.
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Access No. 130764 | 9 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage VS children running around at Aboriginal settlement.
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Access No. 130765 | 9 secs | 1960s | Australia | © OnSet Productions | B&W |
B&W photograph Aboriginal singer and boxer Lionel Rose as young boy to camera.
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Access No. 130766 | 3 secs | 1960s | Australia | © AIATSIS | B&W |
CU album cover of ÒJackson's TrackÓ showing Lionel Rose and truck,
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Access No. 130767 | 9 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Festival Mushroom Group | Colour |
CU Auriel Andrew album cover ÒNationwideÓ
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Access No. 130768 | 7 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Auriel Andrew | Colour |
Archival footage VS Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew singing on stage singing ÒBaby BlueÓ, various CU's Aboriginal people in audience, (1977)
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Access No. 130769 | 29 secs | 1970s | Yuendumu, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about the difficulty of being a woman and Aboriginal on the country music scene. B&W photograph Andrew on stage as teenager. Andrew talking about deciding to be a singer as it was difficult for an Aboriginal person to get office work, usually working in kitchens only option.
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Access No. 130770 | 32 secs | 1990s, 1960s, | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Alice Springs street scene, cars down road, in street young women and mothers with babies in prams
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Access No. 130771 | 10 secs | 1970s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about hearing a Johnny Farnham record on the jukebox and wishing she could have one playing
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Access No. 130772 | 7 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival B&W footage jukebox, record playing
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Access No. 130773 | 6 secs | 1960s | Walgett, NSW, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about how her record was put on the jukebox at the Riverside Hotel, Alice Springs and everyone used to play it
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Access No. 130774 | 4 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage television show Reg Lindsay's Country Hour, Lindsay introducing Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew singing Ò Love's Gonna Live HereÓ
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Access No. 130775 | 39 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Geoff Mack & Reg Lindsay | B&W |
Auriel Andrew album cover ÒJust for YouÓ
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Access No. 130776 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Auriel Andrew | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about how she used to say she was Aboriginal, from Arrente tribe, after she had finished on stage and people used to say to her that she wasn't that dark. That she used to respond by saying she wished she was blacker.
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Access No. 130777 | 23 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage television show Reg Lindsay's Country Hour, Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew singing Ò Love's Gonna Live HereÓ
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Access No. 130778 | 23 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Geoff Mack & Reg Lindsay | Colour |
Archival footage Gurindji stockman with didgeridoo, other men seated listening , audio ÒGurindji BluesÓ Galarrwuy Yunupingu.
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Access No. 130779 | 9 secs | 1970s | Gurindji, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
News clipping about Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu recording a land rights record Gurindji Blues.
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Access No. 130780 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Galarrwuy Yunupingu. | Colour |
Archival footage Gurindji stockmen on land protesting for Aboriginal land rights
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Access No. 130781 | 8 secs | 1970s | Gurindji, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Record label RCA ÒGurindji BluesÓ Galarrwuy Yunupingu, first recorded Aboriginal land rights song.
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Access No. 130782 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | Colour |
Archival footage Gurindji stockmen sitting in Aboriginal and rights protest. CU feet, Galarrwuy Yunupingu in recording studio, stockmen listening in studio, Galarrwuy Yunupingu in studio singing Gurindji Blues.
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Access No. 130783 | 19 secs | 1970s | Gurindji, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu talking about the struggle for land rights (with reference to his song Gurindji Blues telling of Aboriginal stockmen squatting on their land at Wattie Creek, Northern Territory), how he and Lingiarri were seen as messengers to white society, struggle of Aboriginal people to tell their story
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Access No. 130784 | 26 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu in recording studio talking about ignorance of government to Aboriginal land rights issues. Gurindji cattle station sign and Aboriginal children playing on tricycle. Yunupingu in recording studio singing ÓGurindji BluesÓ.
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Access No. 130815 | 37 secs | 1970s | Gurindji, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage journalists pan right, Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam and Lingiarri handing land rights of Wattie Creek area to Gurindji people (1975)
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Access No. 130816 | 13 secs | 1970s | Gurindji, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal people (Dennis Walker) walk through town in protest (land rights)?
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Access No. 130817 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
CU photograph Aboriginal land rights protesters , with placard ÒReturn all Aboriginal children home not your homeÓ
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Access No. 130818 | 9 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Bobby McLeod | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod with guitar singing ÒWayward DreamsÓ.
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Access No. 130819 | 29 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Tent Embassy of Aboriginal people on front lawns of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra, lawn, steps to building, protesters on lawn, Gary Foley with loudspeaker, protester and police scuffle, protesters on lawn.
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Access No. 130820 | 14 secs | 1970s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod talking about growing up with Jimmy Little and family. Talks about how he used to sing in church.
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Access No. 130821 | 14 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod and family. CU McLeod as a teenager.
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Access No. 130822 | 8 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Department of Aboriginal Affairs | B&W |
Archival footage of town Green Valley, view of houses POV moving vehicle (1974).
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Access No. 130823 | 13 secs | 1970s | Green Valley, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod talking about pleading guilty to crime of assault and robbery and going to jail.
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Access No. 130824 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage o f Aboriginal protesters in Canberra for Tent Embassy
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Access No. 130825 | 8 secs | 1970s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod talking about how he started to write songs while living on Tent Embassy in Canberra. McLeod plays guitar and sings ÒWayward DreamsÓ
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Access No. 130826 | 47 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage police dismantling tent in Tent Embassy in Canberra, Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod struggling with police, dragged off, scuffle (1972)
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Access No. 130827 | 28 secs | 1970s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod with guitar singing ÒWayward DreamsÓ
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Access No. 130828 | 33 secs | 1990s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod struggling with police at Tent Assembly (1972)
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Access No. 130829 | 6 secs | 1970s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod talking about his battle with alcohol and after he sobered up he went back to singing.
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Access No. 130830 | 29 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Gate of Bathurst Gaol dissolve to stone lion's head outside jail, gate lock dissolve to Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about being a young alcoholic, getting into trouble and spending time in prison, that writing songs helped him through. Gate to Bathurst Gaol, cell window, padlock being locked, gaol windows, block corner. Cell, latrine. Simms talking about buying his first guitar with tobacco. CU gaol flooring, gaol door.
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Access No. 130831 | 1 min 18 secs | 1990s | Bathurst, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Photo detail Aboriginal singer Vic Simms prison performance inside Parramatta Gaol, July 1973. Audio ÒStranger in My CountryÓ
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Access No. 130832 | 15 secs | 1970s | Parramatta, NSW, Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
Bathurst Gaol interiors, door dissolve to window of cell.
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Access No. 130833 | 15 secs | 1990s | Bathurst, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo RCA Record album cover Vic Simms ÒThe LonerÓ recorded whilst he was in prison, photo Vic Simms. Interview Vic Simms talking about how he was invited to record an album after doing a tape for a social group visiting him in (Bathurst) prison. CU record cover superimposed on jail window. Simms talking about making a live recording in mobile studio. Photo Simms in studio, reverse of album
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Access No. 130834 | 58 secs | 1970s, 1990s, | Australia | © NFSA / Vic Simms | Colour |
Photo detail Aboriginal singer Vic Simms on stage at Parramatta Gaol. News headlines from Sydney Morning Herald regarding 1974 Bathurst Gaol riots
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Access No. 130835 | 15 secs | 1970s | Parramatta, NSW, Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | B&W |
Archival footage Bathurst Gaol riots (1974). GV Prison, men on roof, prisoners with guns
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Access No. 130836 | 7 secs | 1970s | Bathurst, NSW, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about how he avoided Bathurst Gaol riots (1974), that he sung himself out of jail.
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Access No. 130837 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
POV track along road driving into Tamworth, sign to Tamworth, driving through streets of Tamworth by day and by night. (audio ÒStreets of TamworthÓ Roger Knox and the Euraba Band).
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Access No. 130873 | 37 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Col Hardy on stage singing
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Access No. 130874 | 3 secs | 1970s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © Prime Television | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Col Hardy
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Access No. 130875 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Northern Daily Leader | Colour |
CU Golden Guitar award trophy, CU writing on trophy as awarded to Col Hardy. Silhouette large guitar statue in Tamworth against blue sky with clouds.
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Access No. 130876 | 14 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal singers Harry and Wilga Williams from album cover ÒHarry Williams and the Country OutcastsÓ
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Access No. 130877 | 4 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Chris McGuigan / Hadley Records | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley talking about early Aboriginal country singers being role models to them as children. Sign ÒCountry Music Hands of FameÓ in Tamworth, CU Harry and Wilga Williams hand prints in cement.
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Access No. 130878 | 31 secs | 1990s | Grafton, Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W Photo Aboriginal singer Harry Williams. Colour photo of Harry and Wilga Williams on front of album cover. B&W photo Harry & Wilga. Photo Harry & Wilga on stage. Wilga on stage in hat. Photo of Harry in cap at microphone. B&W photo profile Harry. Detail of B&W photo Wilga playing guitar from cover of single. (audio ÒStreets of FitzroyÓ Harry & Wilga Williams and the Country Outcasts)
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Access No. 130879 | 39 secs | 1970s, 1980s, | Australia | © Chris McGuigan | Colour |
Interview Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about hard to get into music whilst growing up in Tamworth, talks about how she used to sing in a coffee lounge.
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Access No. 130880 | 16 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph CU Aboriginal singer Harry Williams in hat.
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Access No. 130881 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Chris McGuigan | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Lionel Rose with guitar talking about Harry and Wilga Williams forming one of the first Koori bands that performed professionally.
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Access No. 130882 | 11 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Harry Williams playing with The Country Outcasts on stage, guitar, Wilga Williams, children dancing, Wilga Williams. (1975)
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Access No. 130883 | 16 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about her husband Harry Williams playing instrumental music and how they played harmonies.
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Access No. 130884 | 8 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Harry Williams with band The Country Outcasts wearing pink shirts, band on stage with audience dancing, guitar shot (1977)
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Access No. 130885 | 10 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams relating story about the importance of how Harry Williams and the band (The Country Outcasts) were dressed whilst on stage.
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Access No. 130886 | 10 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Harry Williams in sweater chatting with man.
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Access No. 130887 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Poster signed by the (Country ) Outcasts, CU detail
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Access No. 130888 | 8 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Chris McGuigan / Wilga Williams | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about Harry Williams being a non-drinker, continues story about how their dress created an impression (whilst playing with The Country Outcasts).
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Access No. 130889 | 14 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph Grandview Hotel, Melbourne
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Access No. 130890 | 9 secs | 1970s | Fairfield, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © Grandview Hotel | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Harry Williams on stage at weekly talent night at the Grandview Hotel in Fairfield, Melbourne. Band The Country Outcasts on stage, girl from audience joins band (1977).
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Access No. 130891 | 17 secs | 1970s | Fairfield, Melbourne, Vic, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about the talent night they (the band The Country Outcasts) ran (at the Grandview Hotel, Melbourne) and how Aboriginal people came from all round Melbourne bringing families
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Access No. 130892 | 28 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage aerials shot of Land Rover driven by band The Country Outcasts driving through the bush. Aboriginal singers Harry and Wilga Williams in the car (1977)
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Access No. 130893 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Poster for the Third Aboriginal Country Music Festival (1979)l.
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Access No. 130894 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © The Australia Council | Colour |
B&W photographs Aboriginal Country Music Festival in Adelaide 1979
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Access No. 130895 | 11 secs | 1970s | Adelaide, SA, Australia | © Chris McGuigan | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about Aboriginal Country Music Festival
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Access No. 130896 | 7 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph Aboriginal singer Archie Roach and others at 1978 Aboriginal Country Music Festival with awards. B&W photograph female singers with guitars, B&W photo man playing guitar
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Access No. 130897 | 6 secs | 1970s | Vic, Australia | © Chris McGuigan | B&W |
VS Blue gum trees, bridge, reflection (audio ÒBlue Gums Calling Me Back HomeÓ Harry & Wilga Williams and The Country Outcasts)
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Access No. 130898 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photo Aboriginal singers Harry and Wilga Williams on album cover (1981) My Home
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Access No. 130899 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Hadley Records | Colour |
ADC News clipping showing photograph of Aboriginal singers Harry and Wilga Williams in recording studio
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Access No. 130900 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Wilga Williams (photographer unknown) | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about Australia not being ready for the music of Harry Williams
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Access No. 130901 | 11 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Hadley record label, Harry and Wilga Williams and the Country Outcasts
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Access No. 130902 | 6 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Hadley Records | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about the song written by Harry Williams ÒBlue Gums Calling Me Back HomeÓ
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Access No. 130903 | 12 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Roger Knox singing ÒBlue Gums Calling Me Back HomeÓ written by Harry Williams.
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Access No. 130904 | 28 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Prime Television | Colour |
B&W photograph Aboriginal rock band No Fixed Address
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Access No. 130905 | 3 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Bart Whilloby | Colour |
B&W photograph Aboriginal rock band Warumpi Band
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Access No. 130906 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Sue Camelliri, Warumpi Band | Colour |
B&W photo Aboriginal singer Roger Knox
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Access No. 130951 | 6 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Heather Perryman | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking his ambitions to be a fighter or a footballer rather than a musician but when he left the mission and came to Tamworth he was inspired listening to people like singer Harry Williams and his brother Candy. Knox walking along country road.
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Access No. 130952 | 19 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph band The Country Outcasts on stage at Victorian Australian Country Music Festival (1978)
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Access No. 130953 | 4 secs | 1970s | Vic Australia | © Chris McGuigan | B&W |
Album cover Roger Knox ÒGive it a GoÓ
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Access No. 130954 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Enrec Studios | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about how he became a musician because he felt inspired by other Aboriginal singers and that he could inspire others too.
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Access No. 130955 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley talking about being influenced by singer Roger Knox
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Access No. 130956 | 4 secs | 1990s | Grafton, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Promotional shot of Aboriginal singer Roger Knox in red suit holding guitar
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Access No. 130957 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Heather Perryman / Roger Knox | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley talking about the charisma of singer Roger Knox, almost like a black Elvis (Presley).
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Access No. 130958 | 7 secs | 1980s | Grafton, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Roger Knox on stage holding microphone at 1980 Tamworth Australian Country Music Festival
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Access No. 130959 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Chris McGuigan | B&W |
Photographs of aeroplane crash singer Roger Knox was involved in with Brian Young (1981)
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Access No. 130960 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Evelyn Silk | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about how he burnt his hands in an aeroplane crash (1981) and spent three months in hospital
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Access No. 130961 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal singer Roger Knox singing showing his scarred hands which were burnt in an aeroplane crash. Detail photo of Knox's hand.
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Access No. 130962 | 8 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Heather Perryman / Roger Knox | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about how he couldn't play guitar after aeroplane crash (in 1981) but kept singing, music helped with healing
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Access No. 130963 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal singer Roger Knox on stage with bandaged hands after being burnt in aeroplane crash (1981)
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Access No. 130964 | 11 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Evelyn Silk | Colour |
Poster of Aboriginal singer Roger Knox with Euraba Band ÒThe Koori showcase of Kountry MusicÓ, Tamworth.
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Access No. 130965 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Heather Perryman | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal singer Roger Knox with band Euraba wearing red and black, heads in profile.
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Access No. 130966 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Roger Knox | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about the band Euraba he formed with his sons. VS Knox and son Buddy ? playing to children on verandah. ÒKoori RoseÓ by Roger Knox and Buddy Knox . Knox talking about the song being written by a friend of singer Harry Williams. Talks about how he chooses good songs with good words, how he looks for stories. Knox in country area, walks to fence and looks at view.
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Access No. 130967 | 2 mins 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Page of lyrics for ÒOld McDonnell RangesÓ hand written by Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton in 1947, also ÒMy Desert RoseÓ in 1965, ÒArunta Man's DreamÓ.
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Access No. 130968 | 7 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Herb Laughton | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about Aboriginal people liking country music because of the stories
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Access No. 130969 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bob Randall talking about having to release a bad experience, to share it, talks about healing process.
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Access No. 130970 | 13 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about writing songs about what he did, many through political motivation
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Access No. 130971 | 10 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about people listening more for your music than if you were trying to talk to them
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Access No. 130972 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W photograph youth with radio to his ear looking at camera with hand raised
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Access No. 130973 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © CAAMA Productions | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal radio house CAAMA
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Access No. 130974 | 5 secs | 1980s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © CAAMA | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal singer; Bob Randall's tape cassette produced by CAAMA
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Access No. 130975 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © CAAMA | Colour |
Archival footage CAAMA studios, studio controls (1988)
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Access No. 130976 | 7 secs | 1980s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Entrance to Radio Redfern, cars outside. Mac Silva from radio station interviews Aboriginal singer Vic Simms. They talk about Koori Classics Volume 4 (1988). They listen to ÒMalabar MansionÓ performed by Mac Silva.
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Access No. 130977 | 51 secs | 1980s | Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aerial rock face in Kimberley region
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Access No. 130978 | 7 secs | 1980s | Kimberleys, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W Photograph Aboriginal singer Ernie Bridge with guitar over shoulder
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Access No. 130979 | 3 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Northern Daily Leader | B&W |
B&W photograph outside Grand Ole Opre venue in Nashville, Tennessee
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Access No. 130980 | 3 secs | 1980s | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | © Gaylord Entertainment | B&W |
Photograph country guitarist Kevin Gunn from the Kimberley region of Western Australia
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Access No. 130981 | 3 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Kevin Gunn | Colour |
Archival footage guitarist Kevin Gunn singing ÒWaljar Jiddan JiddanÓ
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Access No. 130982 | 38 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation / Goolarri Media | Colour |
Photo Aboriginal singer Kevin Gunn standing in front of grill of truck with guitar
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Access No. 130987 | 3 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Kevin Gunn | Colour |
Photo Aboriginal singer Ernie Bridge album cover ÒErnie Bridge Sings Kimberley FavouritesÓ
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Access No. 130988 | 3 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Ernie Bridge | Colour |
Photo Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton on stage with band wearing waistcoats and playing guitars
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Access No. 130989 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Herb Laughton | Colour |
Herb Laughton album cover released in 1983, CU Herb Laughton tape cassette
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Access No. 130990 | 8 secs | 1980s | Australia | © CAAMA | Colour |
Archival footage hand strumming guitar, dissolve to Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod singing ÒThe ResurrectionÓ in ABC studio
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Access No. 130991 | 56 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about he used to sing about sad things, later a woman told him not to sit in the shade too long and later he realised that he only sang about the sorry business of being an Aboriginal person
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Access No. 130992 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod singing ÒThe ResurrectionÓ in ABC studio
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Access No. 130993 | 6 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about how he changed his perspective on the way he wrote songs
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Access No. 130994 | 5 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod singing ÒThe ResurrectionÓ in ABC studio
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Access No. 130995 | 49 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
B&W photograph profile Aboriginal singer Harry Williams (1978)
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Access No. 130996 | 8 secs | 1970s | Vic, Australia | © Chris McGuigan | Colour |
Tracking shot down eucalyptus tree to grave of Aboriginal singer Harry Williams who died in 1991. Wilga Williams talking about the large size of the funeral, that she was suprised by his impact.
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Access No. 130997 | 25 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Mac Silva on stage singing ÒMidnight SpecialÓ with The Country Outcasts
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Access No. 130998 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Dougie Young with guitar
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Access No. 130999 | 3 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Margaret Young | Colour |
Newspaper clipping reporting death of Aboriginal singer Kumanara Yama being mourned by people from Alice Springs
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Access No. 131000 | 4 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Centralian Advocate | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Mac Silva on stage
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Access No. 131001 | 7 secs | 1970s | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal band Yothu Yindi on stage
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Access No. 131002 | 7 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Mushroom Films | Colour |
B&W photograph Aboriginal singer Archie Roach playing guitar
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Access No. 131003 | 6 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Julie Higson | Colour |
Archival footage announcement Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little appearing on the Roll of Renown plaque in Tamworth, CU Little looking suprised at announcement, Little on stage making speech
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Access No. 131004 | 14 secs | 1980s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © Prime Television | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley on stage in Nashville Fan-Fare, large crowd (1998)
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Access No. 131005 | 8 secs | 1990s | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | © Gaylord Entertainment USA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley announced as winner of Australian Golden Guitar Award for Male Vocalist of the Year at at Hoedown Golden Guitar Showcase. Announced by singer Slim Dusty, broadcaster John Laws standing next to him. Cassar-Daly celebrates.
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Access No. 131006 | 16 secs | 1980s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © Prime Television | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about singer Troy Cassar-Daley and how they talked about Harry Williams
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Access No. 131007 | 10 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley at home singingÓ One Big LandÓ, Casser-Daley talking about country music giving Aboriginal people a voice, talks about being passionate about reconciliation
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Access No. 131008 | 37 secs | 1990s | Grafton, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
B&W Photograph Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley as young man with headphones around his neck, with guitar
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Access No. 131009 | 5 secs | 1980s | Australia | © Northern Daily Leader | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley at home singing ÒOne Big LandÓ playing guitar, talking about role models of other Aboriginal singers, motivation of hearing stories
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Access No. 131010 | 54 secs | 1990s | Grafton, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about the difference for singer like Troy Cassar-Daley having to have manager and agencies, how they used to do all their own publicity
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Access No. 131011 | 21 secs | 1990s | Tamworth, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about the door being opened but not always easy to walk through
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Access No. 131012 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about how he (and other singers) have had a good run
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Access No. 131013 | 9 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little talking about singers of today like Troy Cassar-Daley in tune to change and trend of country music
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Access No. 131014 | 20 secs | 1990s | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley on stage at Grand Ole Opera, crowd (1998)
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Access No. 131015 | 6 secs | 1990s | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | © Gaylord Entertainment | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley at home talking about getting the same highs from playing in the Western Desert areas (of Australia) as in Nashville, Tennessee. That unpacking the instruments in a small location, helped by children can mean more.
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Access No. 131016 | 35 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Auriel Andrew and the Country Outcasts at community concert, helping children onto stage and singing with them (1977)
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Access No. 131017 | 12 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about Aboriginal people in the settlements either liking you or not, even if you are a big star
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Access No. 131018 | 13 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Poster for National Aboriginal Day performance advertising many Aboriginal country singers (Opera House Variety Show)
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Access No. 131019 | 4 secs | 1980s | Australia | © The Australia Council | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about playing for nothing in Aboriginal communities to raise funds, being paid in other ways
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Access No. 131020 | 20 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bob Randall talking about barriers overcome by country music
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Access No. 131021 | 33 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about inspiring each other up to reach heights and continue on
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Access No. 131022 | 12 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little sits on verandah playing and singing ÒYorta Yorta ManÓ
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Access No. 131023 | 57 secs | 1990s | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage of Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu singing ÒGurindji BluesÓ
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Access No. 131057 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little talking about playing the gum leaf
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Access No. 131058 | 6 secs | 1990s | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage from Australian feature film ÒThe Squatter's DaughterÓ. Aboriginal men with body paint playing gum leaves on stage.
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Access No. 131059 | 9 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Cinesound Movietone Productions | B&W |
Little to camera talking about relevancy of song ÒGive the Koori Lad a ChanceÓ ( written by his father (1998). Photograph Little singing (1958). Little singing song (1998).
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Access No. 131607 | 52 secs | 1990s, 1950s, | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA / Jimmy Little Enterprises | Colour |
Top 40 flier, details of flier with Jimmy Little's song ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ at number 2.
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Access No. 131608 | 6 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Jimmy Little Enterprises | Colour |
Fade from black, desert landscape. Aerials desert landscape Finke Gorge, opening titles. CU feet tilt up to Aboriginal singer Roger Knox playing guitar singing ÒBlackman's StoriesÓ . Still photographs multilayered into Knox vision. POV desert from moving vehicle.
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Access No. 131936 | 1 min 36 secs | 1990s | Finke Gorge national Park, NT, Australia | © NFSA / Other | Colour |
Archival footage from ÓPortrait of AustraliaÓ showing Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little with two non-indigenous stockmen around campfire singing ÒI'm Happy in the Land Where I Was BornÓ (1962)
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Access No. 131937 | 59 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Film World | Colour |
Archival footage from Australian television show ÒBandstandÓ . Brian Henderson welcomes Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little singing ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ (1963)
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Access No. 131938 | 33 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Nine Network Australia | B&W |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little being presented Gold Record award for ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ sales 1963. Photograph Jimmy Little singer. Photo Jimmy Little singing,women in front.
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Access No. 131939 | 12 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Jimmy Little Enterprises | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu to camera talking about (Jimmy Little) song ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ being played on the radio and it bring pride to Aboriginal people
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Access No. 131940 | 16 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little singing ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ on television show ÒBandstandÓ (1963).
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Access No. 131941 | 12 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Nine Network Australia | B&W |
Montage of photographs of Aboriginal singers Jimmy Little, Chris McGuigan, Jim Ridgeway and others
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Access No. 131942 | 10 secs | 1960s, 1970s, | Australia | © Jimmy Little, Chris McGuigan, Jim Ridgeway | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew singing ÒBaby BlueÓ (1977)
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Access No. 131943 | 15 secs | 1970s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about why she listened to mainly country music rather than other types of music
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Access No. 131944 | 6 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton sitting by cattle yard singing ÒOld Aboriginal StockmanÓ . Laughton talking about Aboriginal people growing up with the singing of stories, country music similar.
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Access No. 131945 | 24 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Troy Cassar-Daley talking about the story in (country) music.
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Access No. 131946 | 6 secs | 1990s | Grafton, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Roger Knox and band performing ÒBlue Gums Calling Me Back HomeÓ
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Access No. 131947 | 9 secs | 1990s | Toomelah, NSW, Australia | © Prime Television Ltd | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod talking about listening to country and western music as a child. Aboriginal singer Bob Randall sitting with guitar talking about dogs, horses and girlfriends being the subject of songs. (Audio ÒStranger in My CountryÓ Vic Simms).
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Access No. 131948 | 20 secs | 1990s | Nowra, NSW; Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Vic Simms singing at microphone. (Audio ÒStranger in My CountryÓ Vic Simms).
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Access No. 131949 | 8 secs | 1990s | Australia | © Fairfax Photo Library | Colour |
Interview with Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about songs reflecting poverty of the times. (Audio ÒStranger in My CountryÓ Vic Simms).
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Access No. 131950 | 13 secs | 1990s | La Perouse, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal man playing didgeridoo. (Audio Galarrwuy Yunupingu singing ÒGurindji BluesÓ
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Access No. 131951 | 6 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu talking about country music being a way for Aboriginal people to talk about their land. (Audio Galarrwuy Yunupingu singing ÒGurindji BluesÓ
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Access No. 131952 | 5 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage track Aboriginal women lining up for food rations in mission. (Audio Galarrwuy Yunupingu singing ÒGurindji BluesÓ
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Access No. 131953 | 13 secs | 1930s | Australia | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Bob Randall sitting with guitar talking about Aboriginal languages and ceremonies being forbidden (in church run missions), as part of society's law
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Access No. 131954 | 18 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage track along Aboriginal women seated on ground singing ÒOh Come all ye FaithfulÓ, some men on chairs. Children listening to Aboriginal pastor. CU Lutheran Evangelist badge on his lapel.
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Access No. 131955 | 31 secs | 1930s | Aileron, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Galarrwuy Yunupingu talking about influence of church music
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Access No. 131956 | 7 secs | 1990s | Yirrkala, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal woman playing piano in church, Aboriginal congregation, young woman singing, exterior church and people leaving
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Access No. 131957 | 10 secs | 1940s | Australia | © National Film and Sound Archive | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Wilga Williams talking about singing gospel harmonies under the influence of her grandmother, a preacher. Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about looking forward to going to church so they could sing gospel songs.
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Access No. 131958 | 32 secs | 1990s | Tamworth; Toomelah, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of string band (Purfleet circa 1909). Aboriginal singer Bill Riley (Menindee) talking about the music of bush bands. Photograph of bush band outside house. Riley talking about claypan dance. (Audio ÒThe Black & White JigÓ)
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Access No. 131959 | 36 secs | 1900s, 1990s, | Purfleet; Menindee, NSW, Australia | © Patricia Davis-Hurst / NFSA | Colour |
Walaga lake with mountain in background (Audio Jimmy Little ÒGive the Koori Lad a ChanceÓ). Little plays guitar and sings on verandah. B&W photographs Little and band. Little singing and plays guitar.
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Access No. 131960 | 16 secs | 1990s | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA / Jimmy Little Enterprises | Colour |
Photograph Aboriginal country singer Jimmy Little playing with band at recording session, EMI Homebush Studios (1958) . Photo Little playing guitar at microphone (1958).
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Access No. 131961 | 10 secs | 1950s | Australia | © NFSA / Jimmy Little Enterprises | Colour |
Archival footage Jimmy Little singing ÒRoyal TelephoneÓ on Channel 9 television show ÒBandstandÓ.
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Access No. 131962 | 5 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Nine Network Australia | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Auriel Andrew talking about as children, they used to rush to the radio to listen to Jimmy Little singing and say he was Aboriginal
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Access No. 131963 | 15 secs | 1990s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little chatting with popular Australian singer Johnny O'Keefe
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Access No. 131964 | 3 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Seven Network Ltd / Hon.Mr Justice BS O'Keefe AM for the Johnny O'Keefe Estate | B&W |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little with Australian singer Col Joye
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Access No. 131965 | 3 secs | 1950s | Australia | © Jimmy Little Enterprises | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little to camera talking about another singer Vic Simms who used to work with Col Joye. Photograph portrait Simms as young man (B&W). Simms to camera talking about Col Joye. Photograph Col Joye and band on stage (B&W). Simms to camera talking about how he started singing with Col Joye. Photograph Joye with band and young Simms, CU Simms in photograph (11 years old).
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Access No. 131966 | 42 secs | 1990s, 1950s, | Cummeragunga, NSW, Australia | © NFSA / Jacobsen Entertainment | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about Aboriginal singers at the time (1960s) but that he and Jimmy Little were the only recording artists. Record cover Vicki Simms ÒYo-Yo HeartÓ
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Access No. 131967 | 17 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA / Festival-Mushroom Group | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal man seated in grass playing guitar, another man next to him singing Slim Dusty song (1964)
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Access No. 131968 | 13 secs | 1960s | Darwin, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal man looking at guitar in window of music shop (1977). Aboriginal singer Vic Simms talking about the talent of Aboriginal people. (1998)
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Access No. 131969 | 11 secs | 1970s, 1990s, | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Brewarrina Hotel (audio Dougie Young ÒCut a RugÓ)
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Access No. 131970 | 3 secs | 1970s | Brewarrina, NSW, Australia | © Australian Film Institute Distribution | Colour |
Archival footage Bourke main street and Wilcannia Post Office. Archival footage Cental Darling Shire Building in Wilcannia.
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Access No. 131971 | 9 secs | 1970s | Bourke, Wilcannia, NSW, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Colour |
Two still photographs Aboriginal songwriter Dougie Young, one B&W, one later in colour. Aboriginal singer Roger Knox talking about the beautiful words Young wrote. Photograph Young with guitar in front of tree. Aboriginal singer Bill Riley talking about how Young lived his music. B&W Photograph Young. Riley talking about Young's song ÒCut a RugÓ being about his mates.
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Access No. 131972 | 40 secs | 1990s, 1960s, | Australia | © NFSA / Margaret Young | Colour |
Archival footage paddy waggon driving along street in country town. Group of Aboriginal men in park. Aboriginal people on street outside hotel. Police behind paddy wagon, paddy waggon drives off.
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Access No. 131973 | 19 secs | 1970s | Brewarrina, NSW, Australia | © Australian Film Institute Distribution | Colour |
Archival footage Bob Randall talking to crowd in hall about the love of an Aboriginal woman holding her baby over smoking fire to darken its skin so that it wouldn't be taken away from her. CU Aboriginal mother with child. Bob Randall playing guitar and singing ÒMy Brown Skin BabyÓ.
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Access No. 131974 | 46 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal children in mission wearing white skirts, doing exercises and looking at camera. Line of older Aboriginal girls walking with with nuns in white.
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Access No. 131975 | 11 secs | 1930s | Australia | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Bob Randall singing ÒMy Brown Skin BabyÓ.
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Access No. 131976 | 11 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Photograph Aboriginal singer Bob Randall playing guitar, seated in outback. Photograph Randall's home on Croker Island, Northern Territory.
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Access No. 131977 | 7 secs | 1970s | Croker Island, Northern Territory, Australia | © Bob Randall | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal children running past derelict stone buildings, small Aboriginal children seated together
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Access No. 131978 | 5 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Aboriginal singer Bob Randall to camera talking about trauma of being taken from his mother as a child. CU music sheet for song ÒBrown Skin BabyÓ. Randall and guitar talking about effect on him.
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Access No. 131979 | 25 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA / Bob Randall | Colour |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Bob Randall playing guitar in kitchen (1960s). Interview with Randall talking about singing about his experiences (of being taken from his mother as a child) (1998). Archival footage Randall singing ÒBrown Skin BabyÓ (1960s).
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Access No. 131980 | 37 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation / NFSA | B&W |
B& W Photograph of Aboriginal children taken from their families, arrow pointing to Herb Laughton. (1960s). Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton walking past old buildings at (could be Hermannsburg Mission or the Old Telegraph Station) and talking about how he did not meet his mother until his was 28 years old. (1997). B&W photograph of group of Aboriginal children (1960s). Laughton talking about children being taken were part Aboriginal rather than full blood Aboriginal.
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Access No. 131981 | 29 secs | 1960s, 1990s, | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © National Parks and Wildlife NT / NFSA | B&W |
Archival footage Alice Springs Telegraph Station sign
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Access No. 131982 | 4 secs | 1930s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
B&W Photograph Aboriginal children marching at mission at the Old Telegraph Station. Contemporary shot cooking pot on tripod over camp fire, two crested pigeons on ground. Interview Herb Laughton his experiences as a child (after he was taken from his mother). B&W photograph group of Aboriginal children at Old Telegraph Station. Laughton talking about sadness he felt as a child when babies cried for their mothers.
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Access No. 131983 | 36 secs | 1990s, 1930s, | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © National Trust of Australia Alice Springs / NFSA | Colour |
Pages from newspaper with headlines about Herb Laughton's song writing helping him after being taken from his family as a child. Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about the song that is his life story. Sunlight on floor, Laughton walks out of building. Laughton sings from ÒGhan to the AliceÓ. Good shots of outback bush land of East MacDonnell Ranges, red hills. Laughton plays guitar and sings.
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Access No. 131984 | 1 min 5 secs | 1990s | NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Ghan train passing through bush land. Train with vehicles. Train travelling away from camera. (1963)
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Access No. 131985 | 11 secs | 1960s | SA / NT, Australia | © Great Southern Railways | Colour |
Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton plays guitar and sing s ÒGhan to the AliceÓ with train approaching behind him, CU side view carriage wheels pass along track.
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Access No. 131986 | 24 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage HAS pan town of Alice Springs (B&W). Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton talking about giving free concerts in the fifties to other Aboriginal people (1998).
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Access No. 131987 | 21 secs | 1950s, 1990s, | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © National Film and Sound Archive and NFSA | B&W |
B&W photograph of Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton and band giving concert. Detail of photograph of Laughton on stage (colour). B&W photograph Aboriginal singer Gus Williams.
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Access No. 131988 | 16 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Chris McGuigan / Herb Laughton | B&W |
Archival footage Aboriginal singer Gus Williams on stage at festival singing ÒNamatjiraÓ (1977).
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Access No. 131989 | 7 secs | 1970s | Hermannsburg, NT, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Photograph of Aboriginal singers Herb Laughton and Gus Williams together, photograph of Herb Laughton on stage with children in talent quest competition.
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Access No. 131990 | 8 secs | 1970s | Australia | © Herb Laughton | Colour |
Interview Aboriginal singer Bob Randall talking about how he started his career under influence of visit from Aboriginal singer Herb Laughton. Archival pan Croker Island beach, Northern Territory (1970s) Randall talking about Laughton bringing his guitar. Singers around campfire, Laughton singing ÒOld Aboriginal StockmenÓ. Laughton talking about how he remembers how Laughton started him playing and listening to country music.
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Access No. 131991 | 38 secs | 1990s, 1970s, | NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation / NFSA | Colour |
Interview Aboriginal Singer Vic Simms talking about his admiration of Aboriginal singer Bobby McLeod and talks about McLeod's salvation through music
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Access No. 131994 | 27 secs | 1990s | Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Archival footage Alice Springs waggon outside bungalow, bungalow verandah. Interior bungalow.
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Access No. 132274 | 6 secs | 1930s | Alice Springs, NT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage dress code notice on door to Walgett Oasis pub, pan to interior of almost empty club. Archival B&W footage cars in Walgett street. Simms talking about touring in Walgett and Narrabri (NSW, Australia)
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Access No. 132275 | 17 secs | 1960s | Walgett, NSW, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Australian Labor Party banner (Vote in Both Square , Yes,Yes), VS people outside polling stations (in 1967 referendum enabling Aboriginal people to vote in Australian elections for first time).
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Access No. 132276 | 6 secs | 1960s | Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
Archival footage Tent Embassy of Aboriginal people on front lawns of Australia's Parliament House in Canberra,Aboriginal singer and activist Bobby McLeod standing up and saying Ò ÒGet fucked people of AustraliaÓ (1972)
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Access No. 132452 | 8 secs | 1970s | Canberra, ACT, Australia | © Australian Broadcasting Corporation | B&W |
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