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Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Colonisation and Contact History

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Aboriginal People Make a Canoe and Hunt a Turtle

Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory is the home of coastal Aboriginal People. On the beach it's time to play out one of the dramas of daily life - the return of the hunters.

From the website Australians At Work

Journey Back in Time

In 1938 Jim Taylor lead an epic 15 month exploratory patrol through the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

From the website Pacific Stories

Road to Progress -- Peter Butt interview

For producer and director Peter Butt, making <cite>My Father, My Country</cite> was both an adventure and a chance to discover Papua New Guinea's past.

From the website Pacific Stories

In My Father's Footsteps

In 1988, Meg Taylor began walking across the Highlands of Papua New Guinea to retrace the journey her father had made 50 years earlier.

From the website Pacific Stories

Aboriginal People in the Gibson Desert

<cite>Aboriginal People in the Gibson Desert</cite> is an excerpt from the film <cite>Desert People</cite> (51 mins), produced in 1966. In 1966 a few Aboriginal families were living nomadic lives in the heart of Australia's Gibson Desert.

From the website Australians At Work

Topic 1 Investigating History

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Australian South Sea Islanders Discover the Past

Joe and Monica Leo are the descendents of ni-Vanuatu who helped build Queensland's sugar industry.

From the website Pacific Stories

Australian Biography - Sir Marcus Oliphant

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Sir Mark Oliphant helped to create the bomb, but even though it ended the war he can never reconcile himself to the loss of civilian life.

From the website Australians At Work

Topic 4 Optional Study The Shaping of the Modern World

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Mawson's Expedition to the Antarctic

In 1912, Mawson's expedition arrived in the Antarctic. Little did they realise it was the windiest place on the globe.

From the website Australians At Work