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Neville Bonner: Australian Biography

An extended reflective interview with Liberal Party Senator Neville Bonner, Australia's first Aboriginal member of Federal Parliament.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderPolitics

Film Tags:

1967 Australian referendum1974 Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest1978 Monday Conference1982 Land Rights march - BrisbaneAboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderActivismAgricultureAustraliaAustralian Labor PartyAustralian ParliamentBill HaydenBrisbane - QueenslandCane CuttersDepartment of Aboriginal AffairsIndigenousIndigenous discriminationLiberal PartyLismore - NSWNeville BonnerNorth QueenslandPalm Island - QueenslandPalm Island Aboriginal SettlementPoliticsQueenslandTimber IndustryWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInterview
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The Cane Cutters

A government film about cane cutters in far north Queensland during the 1940s.

Film Topics:

Agriculture

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaCane CuttersFar North QueenslandHealth & safetyImmigrantsLiving conditionsMechanisationNorth QueenslandQueenslandSugar Cane IndustryUnionsWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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The Helping Hand: The Story Of The Good Neighbour Movement

A government informational film promoting the work of the Good Neighbour Movement in welcoming migrants to Australia in the 1960s.

Film Topics:

Immigration

Film Tags:

AdelaideAgricultureAustraliaAustralia - NSW - SydneyBarossa Valley - South AustraliaCane CuttersCar ManufacturingCitizenshipConstructionCooma - NSWEducationEntertainmentFamilyFishingHospitalityHousingImmigrantsIronworkers UnionLiving conditionsMateshipMelbourneMorven S BrownMulticulturalismNaturalisationNew South WalesPort Kembla steel workersPublic HousingSnowy Mountains Hydro-Electric SchemeSportsSteel productionSugar caneSugar Cane IndustrySydneyThe Good Neighbour CouncilThe Good Neighbour MovementUlladulla - NSWUnionsWaverley Council - NSWWestern AustraliaWollongongWomenWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - ShortInstructional/Informational Film
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