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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Part 7: Powell Creek, Elsey, Roper Daly.

00:05 Shot of empty desert and grassland area, save for power lines stretching into the distance.

00:08 A homestead with a grey, corrugated room is panned across with a brown car parked at the far end of the fence.

00:16 Camera continues to pan across the front of the property before returning to looking out along the power lines.

00:26 From the perspective of the front of the car as it travels along a long bitumen road, flanked by shrub and bushland.

00:48 Close ups of small round pink flowering flora followed by a brief shot of a tall tree with long, yellow leaves.

00:56 Two young ladies stand under a tree, smiling at the camera.

01:04 A lake with many mangrove trees growing.

01:14 River or water catchment with a windmill nearby and a waterpipe leading into the river catchment. A young boy is sitting right on the opposite edge.

01:19 Close up of the blades of the windmill turning.

01:33 Two men standing in front of a white tent; one fixing a shotgun.

01:41 The man with the gun appears to be testing it out across a field.

01:45 Car travelling along road.

02:02 A man in khaki is picking at a large termite mound.

02:06 Car resumes travelling along a wide, brown, dirt track. From this distance, it appears to be a dried up lake.

02:15 Car begins to drive down a make shift track through bushland. Power lines / telephone poles are along the route.

02:26 Man attends to the boot of a truck. The camera switches to the surrounding area where a tall termite mound can be seen in the background on the left and there is tall, pink flowering grass all around.

02:41 Close up of termite mount from previous shot.

02:45 A sign reads; Leichhardt Memorial Cairn. 147 M. Roper Valley Station. 98M, Roper River Police Station. 147M. Roper River Mission. 167M.

02:51 A shot down Roper River towards a road bridge nearby.

02:54 The car slowing drives along the road bridge. Car pauses briefly to view the bridge, now behind them.

03:06 Truck travels towards the camera through tall down grass.

03:24 Camera now from the perspective of the front of the car driving through the long brown grass. Two birds (ibis?) slowly walk, directly in the way of the truck.

03:35 The same man in Khaki dress learns against a termite mound; there are several others surrounding him.

03:43 Shot changes to the man now learning against a very tall, thick tree in a rainforest like surrounding. This is followed by several shots of a river.

04:02 A long, thin carved canoe is sitting, floating in the water. There are leaves and a stick gathered inside it.

04:08 View of river. Close up of lotus flowers and Lilly pads before a flock of birds are seen flying overhead.

04:25 A flock of birds has gathered on the grass in the nearby distance.

04:30 Close up of pink flowering plants.

04:34 Blurry close up of stalks (?) on the ground before shifting to shots of palm trees and termite mounts in a dry and grassy landscape.

05:02 A man in Khaki and an Akubra is beating the ground with a stick as the camera pans above his towards a background of a river, palm trees and tall green grass. Close ups of these trees follows.

05:33 A wide lake with a wooden plank protruding from the right of the shot facing upstream. The camera switches to a downstream view.

05:43 A paddock with a small herd of goats grazing.

05:45 Five young Aboriginal girls stand in a line facing the camera. Two of their friends are sitting nearby with another three sitting in the background in the sun.

05:52 Shot of Roper River with various overhanging trees.

06:02 Goat kids are playing around the base of a tree near the river.

06:05 Numerous large termite mounds. The truck is parked amongst them as the camera pans across.

06:24 Close up of bulbous growths on the surface of the termite mounds.

06:26 A sign pointing to the right reads; To Elsey Falls.

06:30 A small waterfall, presumably Elsey Falls. This is followed by various shots, angles and close ups of the surrounding waterfalls.

07:07 Camera from the perspective of the front of the truck as it travels through tall, brown grassland.

07:15 Close up of a stone carving, presumably of a gravestone that reads; Jeanie Cutin AIMC.

07:27 Close up of thin rainforest trees in the shade that appear to have grown twisting around themselves and the other trees nearby. The truck continues its journey through the brown grassland over grass and plants as there is no visible track. The truck approaches a shallow watering hole and continues to drive through it towards the camera.

08:06 View of a lake with extremely clear water. Two people, a man and a women, swim in this lake area.

08:17 Sunset. Only the dark outlines of the tree tops are visible against the orange sky.

08:19 Blue and white sign reading; ‘Telegraph and Telephone Office’.

08:20 A wooden house surrounded by a wooden fence, presumable the telegraph office.

08:27 A tree’s base is surrounded by a metal fence with a sign on it. The sign cannot be read from this distance.

08:33 Remnants of what appears to have been a fire, perhaps of a house, lay on the ground.

08:36 End of film.

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CreatorFrederick Roy Vyse
ControlAA 353/5/25
Quantity   1   Film, 16mm, colour
Series AA353/5