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form y separately published work icon Hyllus Maris and Mrs Briggs single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Return to Cummeragunja: Hyllus Maris and her mother Mrs. Geraldine Briggs speak; AFC women's program : Hyllus Maris & Mrs Briggs return to Cummeragunja
Issue Details: First known date: 1985... 1985 Hyllus Maris and Mrs Briggs
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In first part of this program, Mrs Geraldine Briggs recounts how difficult life was at the Cummeragunja Mission and how they struggled to get better conditions. In part two, Hyllus Maris talks about how Aboriginal women helped to bring about political change and Aboriginal education.(Source: Western Australian State Library website slwa.wa.gov.au)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • South Melbourne, South Melbourne - Port Melbourne area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Australian Film Institute , 1985 .
      Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS PAL) (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/​2 in.p.
      Note/s:
      • Is part of the AFC Women's program: Australian Women's Archival Series.
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Works about this Work

Indigenous Films Make their Mark 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 June no. 103 1995; (p. 34)
— Review of Emu and the Sun 1990 single work film/TV ; Hyllus Maris and Mrs Briggs Nancy Peck , Heather Forbes , 1985 single work film/TV ; Goori Goori Dreaming Gunaminy Vanessa Fisher , Randall Wood , Robert Lachowicz , 1993 single work film/TV
Indigenous Films Make their Mark 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 June no. 103 1995; (p. 34)
— Review of Emu and the Sun 1990 single work film/TV ; Hyllus Maris and Mrs Briggs Nancy Peck , Heather Forbes , 1985 single work film/TV ; Goori Goori Dreaming Gunaminy Vanessa Fisher , Randall Wood , Robert Lachowicz , 1993 single work film/TV
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Nancy Peck
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  • Cummeragunja Reserve (1881- 1940), Barmah, Nathalia - Barmah area, Yarrawonga - Cobram - Nathalia area, Northern Victoria, Victoria,
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