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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Djunawunya, Arnhem Land, east of the town of Maningrida, July 1978. Frank Gurrmanamana is responsible for preparing the final mortuary ceremonies for his brother who had died six years before. The brother had been buried in Maningrida, but now his remains are being brought back to his home country. Central to the ceremonies is Harry Diama, the senior blood-relative of the deceased man, but Harry lives in Maningrida and is pre-occupied with a pending...
2) Yorky Billy
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
At Ngurgdu (Spring Peak) in the Northern Territory, an area soon to be irrevocably disturbed by uranium mining, 80-year-old William Alderson (known as "Yorky Billy") reflects on his life in the outback. His father was an Englishman from Yorkshire (hence Yorky's nickname) who spent 45 years in Australia and "tried everything" - working as a prospector, a railway worker, drover and buffalo hunter. After only 3 years of school, his only son, Yorky, worked...
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