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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Darwin Utopia 1952

00:15 Perspective from out of the window of a moving train travelling across the rail bridge.

00:38 Shot of a large lake with trees growing out of the shallow end.

00:43 An older women walks down a path, through some greenery, following another person.

00:52 Three older women can be seen standing amongst the rainforest type flora observing something.

00:57 The older lady in the red stripped dress and straw hat standings next to a white and red sign reading; V.C.Hall.

01:00 The lady then walks towards a wooden log shack.

01:21 Views of a landscaped garden with the sea just over the opposite side of the road.

01:38 A black and white ‘Qantas Empire Airways’ bus drives off.

01:48 A large white building with many cars parked outside.

01:49 A stone brick church with similar fence constructed out the front just before the road. A woman in a very wide brimmed hat and green dress walks down the path into the building.

01:58 The Holden Darwin building with three green cars parked out the front on the street. A collection of motorcycles are also parked around the corner.

02:19 A large flock of birds travel skim the surface of a waterhole before taking off.

02:25 Two men and one older woman examine what appears to be the remnants of large tree trunks or perhaps greyed termite mounds.

02:39 The woman and man walk along a path of a dam that traces the river.

02:59 A man wearing a trilby shoots a rifle between tree branches.

03:03 A large green truck with two people sitting in the back travels over rough, dry terrain.

03:07 As the elderly woman examples the lake in the background, a young Asian girl stands in front of the camera smiling.

03:18 Tall green rainforest trees with a large red rock monolith to the left and in the background. Three women sit on the edge of a rock over the water opposite the monolith as the camera pans up. The camera continues to pan up the surface of the rock as the elderly woman and an Aboriginal woman can be seen nearby to the left.

03:39 The man wearing the brown trilby holds a rifle as he sits on the bank of the river. Two woman join him, one stands using a fishing line in the water.

04:02 Three young Asian girls sit on a rock near the water, all smiling at the camera as the girl in the middle holds up a fish they recently caught. They then stand in line in front of the camera, before jumping in the water for a swim. A woman wearing a swimming cap in the water with the girls is briefly seen before the girls get out of the water and sit side-by-side on a rock smiling at the camera.

04:45 One of the older woman wearing a bamboo conical hat, often associated with Asia, examines a tree.

04:51 The woman then takes a seat underneath the shade of a porch as a second lady moves the garden hose.

04:58 A large truck piled high with boxes I parked in the dirt road outside of the Goldfields Hotel. Woman in a maroon cardigan climbs into the truck.

05:09 A group of Aboriginal men sit in a circle outside playing cards as the older women stands nearby watching them. She then stands and chats to a group of young aboriginal boys sitting nearby with dogs roaming around before the shot returns to the men playing cards.

05:37 An Australian Aboriginal man rides a motorcycle across the red sandy desert.

05:42 A man holds and throws a spear.

05:44 A large group of Australian Aboriginal men stand around a man in traditional ceremonial dress who appears to be performing a dance sitting down with large collections of leaves in his hands while the other men clap along with sticks.

06:04 Close up of the man performing the ceremony sitting down, now without the headdress.

06:08 A green truck passes through a field of tall, long grass.

06:22 Close up of a plant with small, bright yellow round flowers.

07:20 Close up of yellow Banksia plants.

07:32 From the perspective of the front of the truck travelling through the tall grass.

07:37 Close up of more yellow/white flora.

07:55 Two Australian Aboriginal women sit on the ground with a dog next to a man standing facing the camera with his arms crossed.

08:04 Close up of the two women and a young child.

08:18 Close up of a variety of plants and flowers.

09:04 A white lady in a blue dress and an Akubra attends to a camp fire by grilling some meat.

09:14 Quick close up of a small pink, flowering plant.

09:20 Lady holding a camera walks across a green field.

09:27 A large flock of galas are grouped together feeding on the ground before all flying off in various directions.

09:42 A green coloured homestead and water tower.

09:58 A dead pig lays on the ground before a man begins to remove the innards with only his hands and a small knife.

10:11 A man sits at a table in the dark speaking into a radio, followed by a lady speaking inot the radio before the man begins again.

10:39 A man and a woman attend to a blue ute. The woman briefly attempts to push the ute from the back before they both begin digging the rear tyres out of the sand.

10:56 Close ups of various Aboriginal rock carvings and rock paintings.

11:01 A man and a woman have a camp picnic next to their blue ute. The woman sits on a blanket while the man stokes to the camp fire. Close up of large steaks being cooked on the campfire. The woman begins to dish out what appears to be mashed potato among all the plates.

11:27 The blue ute powers down a sandy track.

11:30 group of people farewell a train.

11:40 End of film.

1x Digital Betacam
1 x SP Betacan
2 x DVD

CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/10
Date Range1952  -  1952
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5