Titles tagged with ‘massacres’ on ASO. 12 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year The Birth of White Australia feature film – 1928 This early feature depicts racial tension in NSW in 1861.
Despite its offensive representation of Aboriginality, the film has cultural and historic value. Breaker Morant feature film – 1979 Much of the film is about youth versus experience, honesty versus cynicism and political expediency – an interesting ethical domain given that it’s a film about war crimes. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith feature film – 1978 This is one of the key Australian films of the 1970s, because it speaks about the unspeakable with a depth of rage that was absolutely unprecedented and has never been repeated.
Children of the Silk Road feature film – 2007 A love story set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation of China prior to the Second World War. Four Corners – The Kilwa Incident television program – 2005 Gallipoli feature film – 1981 Gallipoli remains one of the most loved of all Australian films. Tasmania, 1830. The Human Journey – Episode 1 (1999) clip 1 on ASO. Clip description The prehistory of humankind is revealed in the footsteps left by a passing group of hominids, two males and a female, recorded in the volcanic ash for us to read and try to comprehend over three-and-a-half million years later.
Curator’s notes The publicity notes describe the series as 'part adventure, part mystery, part detective story’ and, allowing for the usual hype of these things, this program is remarkably watchable. It does in fact take us on a journey that gradually reveals how humans, of all the various branches of the hominid species, were the ones to thrive and prosper over millions of years. It also challenges notions of racial superiority when it presents recent genetic research that demonstrates that we all originated from the one tribe or family that had its origins in Africa.
The story is told with terrific re-creations and clever depictions of the planet in flux through massive earthquakes, volcanic activity and ice ages. The Land That Waited (1963) clip 1 on ASO. Clip description A montage of images, including stills and illustrations, shows the first fleet of convicts and their military guards after landing at Sydney Cove in 1788.
Under the leadership of Governor Phillip, they begin building a town as the first step to embarking on a new life. The first arrivals see this strange world through the prism of the old world and their etchings strongly resemble the flora and fauna of the Europe they pine for and have left far behind. Curator’s notes This clip features a wonderful collection of images created by the first settlers to Australian shores. Gil Brealey was the director-producer who discovered this wealth of drawings, etchings and paintings that together offer such a striking and unusual view of history.
China & the Story of Macassan - Aboriginal Trade. Australian history: selected websites. These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field.
They provide a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites. General Historical texts online Australian literary and historical texts - part of the SETIS project (Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service at the University of Sydney Library), this collection comprises editions of hundreds of Australian literary and historical texts.Australian history (Project Gutenberg of Australia) - lots of information about the history and exploration of Australia together with a number of freely available ebooks about Australia or written by Australians.South seas - concentrates on the history of European voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific between 1760 and 1800. Manuscripts, archives and registers Museums Libraries Associations Overseas sources of Australian historical documents. Australian War Memorial. Aboriginal resistance to colonisation.