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Blackbird

A short film about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgricultureWorking Conditions

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBlackbirdingHealth & safetyIndentured labourIndigenousPacific IslanderQueenslandSlaverySolomon IslandsSugar caneWorking classWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary
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How The West Was Lost

A feature documentary about the 1946 Aboriginal pastoral strike in Western Australia.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgriculture

Film Tags:

Aboriginal Pastoral Strike 1946ActivismAgricultureAustraliaBlack bansClancy McKennaCommunismDon McLeanDooley Bib BinIndigenousMiningNative Administrative ActPilbaraSeaman's UnionSheep stationsSlaveryStrike orgainsationStrikesWestern AustraliaWorking conditions

Film Type:

Documentary - Feature
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Sugar Slaves

A documentary about pacific islanders kidnapped or forced to work on Queensland's sugar cane fields.

Film Topics:

Aboriginal and Torres Strait IslanderAgriculture

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaBlackbirdingBundaberg - QueenslandHealth & safetyIndentured labourIndigenousPacific IslanderPentecost IslandQueenslandSlaverySugar caneWhite Australia PolicyWorking classWorking conditionsWorld War Two

Film Type:

Documentary
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Sunday Too Far Away

A feature film set against the backdrop of the 1956 Shearers Strike.

Film Topics:

AgricultureStrikes

Film Tags:

AgricultureAustraliaClass struggleClass warComradeshipMateshipNew South WalesQueenslandShearers Strike 1956Sheep shearingSocial justiceStrikesUnionsWorking class

Film Type:

Film - Feature Narrative
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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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