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The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back
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Wikipedia article
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'The Secret Country: The First Australians Fight Back' is a 1985 television documentary made for the British Central Independent Television company by writer/presenter John Pilger and producer/director Alan Lowery. It details the persecution of Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders throughout Australia's history.
Synopsis
A summary by the National Library of Australia describes the documentary as:
[Revealing] the often hidden history of Aboriginal Australians from white settlement to the present. The central issue throughout the film is differing perspectives of the land and its uses, providing historical background to the present land rights movement and other areas of Aboriginal activism.
Pilger concludes the documentary by stating that: It seems to me that, until a committed policy of reconciliation, of real nationhood, is offered to the First Australians, those who came recently can never claim their own.
Production
'A Secret Country'
Pilger's book 'A Secret Country' was published in 1989. It focuses on the same themes presented in this documentary.
References
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