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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00:06 Wide shot of an inlet peninsula with some shacks visible in the background.

00:12 A white car is parked on a hilltop road as a man exits the car on the opposite side as the camera pans briefly towards the view over the cliffs.

00:19 A homestead style property is viewed from the driveway and open gate. A green truck is parked nearby with the bonnet up.

00:31 A man sits by a campfire preparing food with the green truck in the background.

00:36 An Australian Aboriginal man and woman sit on the ground in the camp, also preparing food around a very small camp fire.

01:02 The Aboriginal man and woman clean up after the meal and begin packing items back in the green truck.

01:21 Panning shot of a large lake with mangrove trees growing throughout.

01:37 A shot from high up of the sea of green trees that stretch across the land towards a small mountain range in the near distance.

01:53 A dirt road lays ahead and in the near distance a cow can be seen charging across the road. An Australian Aboriginal man holding a rifle begins to walk into the grassy area, presumably where the cow headed. Shot changes to the perspective of the truck very briefly travelling down another dirt road.

02:02 Four men work in a wood mill cutting the long logs of wood by what appears to be a hand driven saw.

02:28 A large group of Aboriginal women and children stand in a line facing the camera with makeshift wooden huts behind them.

02:39 An Australian Aboriginal man walks towards the camera with a rifle on one hand and a small kangaroo thrown over this shoulder.

02:48 Establishing panning shot of the wood mill. Some Australian Aboriginal women stand by pointing things out the camera as the camera continues to pan towards the right. Large piled of cut and stripped timber are piles high.

03:07 From the perspective of a boat slowing travelling along the lake surrounded by mangrove trees. Shot switches to that of a large, blue lake surrounded by thick trees. They then return to the mangrove tree area of the lake.

03:55 Two Australian Aboriginal men stand facing the camera. One wearing dark, buttoned shirt and an Akubra while the other man, somewhat older with a white beard, wearing a white t-shirt.

03:59 An Australian Aboriginal woman stands at the edge of a lake. This is followed by various quick shots of the lake.

04:13 A thick bushland which tall grass and thin, white trees. Cattle can be seen through the trees nearby. They all begin to run away together.

04:32 A large sized brown coloured lizard. At first it appears to be a snake until it suddenly stands up. It stays still in front of the camera before slowing beginning to move away towards patches of sunlight.

04:53 Shots of nearby mountain range surrounded by green bushland.

05:03 A group of men are loading barrels onto the back of trucks before the shot returns to the landscape surrounding the mountain ranges. The camera continues to switch between the scenic landscape and the men loading the trucks with barrels.

05:43 A close up of an Aboriginal cave painting. It appears to depict a kangaroo surrounded by men and women and a type of fish. The paintings of each figure are painted on top and over the other, making the exact scene difficult to decipher at first glance. Another painting, depicting two kangaroos, is shown next. There is a close up of the kangaroo painting of the left.

05:59 A cave painting of human-like figures, perhaps spirits, standing side by side before more kangaroos are shown. More kangaroos.

06:18 An emu painting, close up. Camera pans across the spirit like paintings towards the opening of the cave towards a group of men.

06:29 Two men sit outside in a truck surrounded by a landscape of rock and bushland.

06:55 Close up of some rocks that appear to have been collected.

07:03 Panning shot of a very small town with thick tree lands and mountain ranges in the background.

07:13 A bull rushes around in his small pen. Someone from the left throws a lasso around its neck. The bull begins to jump around in a panic. The men pin the bull down before attempting to remove its horns.

07:55 A cow stands in a forest-like area briefly before the camera pans to a close up of the trees above before finding the cow amongst the grass again.

08:12 A dead bull lays on the ground near a white truck. A rifle rests on its back. Three men begin to skin the dead animal.

08:57 Two bulls are seen running in an open field before a third can be seen close by jumping and bucking. A herd of cows are then seen together running across the field.

09:25 Two men and a women struggle putting an animal in the back of a truck.

09:40 A woman can be seen approaching a nearby lake with a basket. The camera then shifts from the perspective of a car driving through this shallow lake.

10:24 A row of identical small houses or cabins are lined up in a row along a dirt road. A large green tent is at the end.

10:36 The sun continues to set over buildings.

10:46 End of film.

CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/2
Date Range1956  -  1956
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5