Keyword: australian aboriginal

Mystery Road: Origin

6.8

2022

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Follows Jay Swan, a young officer who arrives at his new station in the town where his estranged father lives, as does the woman who will change his life forever, Mary.

Black As

7.5

2016

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The Black As boys venture into the wilds of Arnhem Land, hunting for adventure and a good feed.

First Australians

8.1

2008

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First Australians chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. First Australians explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the worlds greatest empire. Over seven episodes, First Australians depicts the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australias most transformative period of history. The story begins in 1788 in Sydney, with the friendship between an Englishmen (Governor Phillip) and a warrior (Bennelong) and ends in 1992 with Koiki Mabos legal challenge to the foundation of Australia. First Australians chronicles the collision of two worlds and the genesis of a new nation.

The Australian Wars

7.7

2022

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There are more than ten thousand monuments across the country that honour the war dead . But what of the bloody battles fought on our home soil, in our longest-running war that established the Australian nation?

Off Country

7.6

2022

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Follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave home to spend a year boarding at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar.

The Nightingale

7.3

2018

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Set in 1825, Clare, a young Irish convict woman, chases a British officer through the rugged Tasmanian wilderness, bent on revenge for a terrible act of violence he committed against her family. On the way she enlists the services of an Aboriginal tracker named Billy, who is also marked by trauma from his own violence-filled past.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

7.5

1994

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Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

Yolngu Boy

6.5

2001

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An Indigenous teen and his friends embark on a challenging journey to Darwin from Arnhem Land to meet a tribal leader with the aim of creating a better future after troubles take them away from their dreams.

Black and White

6.1

2002

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Recreation of the landmark 1958 South Australian Court trial of young aboriginal Max Stuart.

Sweet As

6.6

2022

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An Indigenous teenager discovers photography during a youth trip in Western Australia.

Bitter Springs

6.1

1950

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Tommy (Tommy Trinder) is called in to smooth things out after Wally King (Chips Rafferty) encroaches upon Aboriginal tribal ground.

The Art of Incarceration

7.8

2021

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Seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victorias Fulham Correctional Centre, The Art of Incarceration explores how art and culture can empower First Nations people to transcend their unjust cycles of imprisonment.

The Sapphires

7

2012

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Its 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their all-girl group The Sapphires entertain the US troops in Vietnam.

Sweet Country

6.8

2017

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Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.

Mystery Road

6.5

2013

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An indigenous detective returns to the Outback to investigate the murder of a young girl.

The Fringe Dwellers

6

1986

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Story of an aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.

High Ground

6.1

2020

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In a bid to save the last of his family, Gutjuk, a young Aboriginal man, teams up with ex-soldier Travis to track down Baywara, the most dangerous warrior in the Territory, his uncle.