Ngadlu tampinthi ngadlu Kaurna Miyurna yartangka. Munaintya puru purruna ngadlu-itya. Munaintyanangku yalaka tarrkarriana tuntarri.

We acknowledge we are on Kaurna Miyurna land. The Dreaming is still living. From the past, in the present, into the future, forever.

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Additional footage from The Granites, Northern Territory, 1936. Edit from EC Black Compilation.

Archive Collections / Board for Anthropological Research / Series AA346/09 / Additional footage from The Granites, Northern Territory, 1936. Edit from EC Black Compilation.
BAR Expedition Symbol: L THIS FILM CONTAINS SECTIONS THAT ARE RESTRICTED.

This film item is edited footage taken during the Board for Anthropological Research (BAR) expedition to The Granites, Central Australia [Northern Territory] during 6-27 August 1936. This film was shot by EC Black (AA 31/10) and was not included in the final film production.

Access DVD 5 (AA 346/9/11/23) and Access DVD 6 (AA 346/9/11/24) are edits of the EC Black film compilation which have been identified as footage from the BAR expedition to The Granites, NT, 1936. This edit comprises of Time Codes 07:55 - 10:35; 25:50 - 28:11 and 29:06 - 29:43. A two second interlude has been placed between each of the segments. Further information about the EC Black compilation see (AA 31/10).

Please note that the time coded summary is in minutes and seconds. Following the summary of this film is a list of references and further notes. Formats Held: Access DVDs.

Summary (Time Coded):Taken from Access DVD 5 (AA 346/9/11/23)

00:00 'BAR Expedition to The Granites, NT, 1936. Edited copy from EC Black Collection'

00:00 'Cultural Sensitivity Warning.'

00:00 'The Museum Board of South Australia © 1936.'

07:55 Restricted Content Starts.

08:26 Restricted Content Ends.

08:27 BAR expedition members conduct physical anthropological measurements and take blood samples.

09:38 Group of Australian Aboriginal men sit around eating what looks like fruit.

10:00 An Australian Aboriginal woman with her child.

10:16 HK Fry (AA 105) speaking with some women and children.

10:19 An Australian Aboriginal woman with her child.

10:35 End of footage of an Australian Aboriginal woman with her child.

Interlude

25:50 Australian Aboriginal men make crayon drawings with a BAR expedition member

26:16 Making hair string for pubic tassel.

26:33 Two Australian Aboriginal men running, probably hunting but they don't carry spears or boomerangs.

27:04 An Australian Aboriginal man throws a boomerang.

27:05 An Australian Aboriginal man during the preparation of Pitjuri.

27:08 BAR expedition members filming the preparation of Pitjuri.

27:28 BAR expedition member Olive Pink and two Australian Aboriginal men holding Pitjuri.

27:34 Australian Aboriginal men spread a grass fire so as to signal neighbouring groups.

27:39 Two Australian Aboriginal children in a tree.

27:50 Three Australian Aboriginal children walk towards the camera.

27:53 Four Australian Aboriginal children sit on the roof of an expedition vehicle.

27:59 Mining operation with Australian Aboriginal and white workers.

28:11 End of footage.

Interlude

29:06 Restricted Content Starts.

29:43 Restricted Content Ends.

Tribal / language groups recorded during this expedition as recorded in the Data Cards (AA 346/4/18)
Tindale Tribes: Ngardi; Walpiri.
AIATSIS Tribal / Language Groups: Ngarti; Warlpiri.

  1. THE GRANITES, NT, 1936. ACCESS DVD 5 [TIME CODED]
    EDIT OF EC BLACK COMPILATION RELATING TO THE GRANITES, NT, 1936.
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 5 min. 36 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/08/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 31/10/3

  2. THE GRANITES, NT, 1936. ACCESS DVD 6
    EDIT OF EC BLACK COMPILATION RELATING TO THE GRANITES, NT, 1936.
    Format: DVD
    Duration: 5 min. 36 sec.
    Transfer Date: 1/08/2006
    Generation: Copy of AA 31/10/4

  • EC Black Photographs (AA 31/6)

  • Cleland, JB 1937, 'Report of the tenth anthropological expedition, August 1936,' Oceania, 7 No. 4; 523.

Creator: Board for Anthropological Research
Control: AA 346/9/11/23-24
Date Range:  06 August, 1936  -  27 August, 1936
Quantity:  3cm,   2   film items. Formats: DVDs
Series:  AA346/09
Tindale Tribes:
Ngardi, Walpiri