Lousy Little Sixpence.

In the mid-1930s, the Aboriginal people began to organise, and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old newsreels, archive film, photographs and interviews with Elders, the film weaves a moving account of a hidden history, the early struggle for Aboriginal land rights and self-determina...

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Corporate Author:	Kanopy (Firm)
Other Authors:	Morgan, Alec (Director, Producer), Bostock, Gerald (Producer)
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2015.
Subjects:	Aboriginal Australians > History > Australia > New South Wales. Human rights > Aboriginal Australian > Australia > New South Wales. Child welfare > Aboriginal Australians > Australia > New South Wales. Internet videos. Nonfiction films. Documentary films. History.
Online Access:	Connect to this streaming video

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Summary:	In the mid-1930s, the Aboriginal people began to organise, and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old newsreels, archive film, photographs and interviews with Elders, the film weaves a moving account of a hidden history, the early struggle for Aboriginal land rights and self-determination. A meticulous study of how white Australians between the wars consistently broke up Aboriginal families to manufacture a black servant class. "A meticulous study of how white Australians between the wars consistently broke up Aboriginal families to manufacture a black servant class. Australia has produced few films of such quiet and ironic passion." - John Baxter, The Australian.
Item Description:	Title from title frames.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 53 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
Format:	Mode of access: World Wide Web.