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Issue Details: First known date: 1982... 1982 Cass - No Saucepan Diver
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'Broome, Western Australia, 1982: Cass recalls the old days of the pearling industry when there would be 40 or more boats operating from Broome. Now there are only five or six...

'Today, many tourists come to Broome but “are not told the truth.” People like Cass were told by white people not to say bad things about the town.

'Cass visits the local cemetery and sees the stones marking the graves of a lot of his old friends. Only a few old-timers remain. They all worked in the pearling industry despite the hard conditions and the dangers of the ‘bends”, and problems with whales and other dangerous fish.' (Source: Ronin Films website)

Notes

  • Ronin Films wishes to advise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that this film may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

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Language: English
Notes:
English dialogue and narration
      1982 .
      image of person or book cover 2871031006177381016.jpg
      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 12 minsp.
      Series: AIATSIS Collection Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies , collection

      'The Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (later AIATSIS – the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies) was established as a statutory authority in 1964. The Institute quickly established a film unit to act as an archive of filmed material and also to record material of ethnographic and historic significance. Part of this work also involved the preparation of films for public release, and until the early 1990s, the AIAS Film Unit became responsible for some of the most significant works of ethnographic film then produced in Australia. This collection of some thirty significant documentary works will be progressively released by Ronin Films in association with AIATSIS, where possible in re-mastered form and with associated interviews with filmmakers.' (Source: Ronin Films website)
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Last amended 26 Sep 2018 12:49:39
Wayne Jowandi Barker
Subjects:
  • Broome, Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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