This is one of a series of Vox Pop films created by people who attended the 'Wangka Kanyilku, Wangka : Decolonising First Nations' Languages Conference', Kalgoorlie 24-26 October 2023. This film features Dr. Doug Marmion from ANU and Sue Hanson CEO/Senior Linguist from the …

Men from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert are painted up and perform "purlapa", men's corroboree, at dusk. This was recorded with an old 8 mm film camera, so the technical quality is poor.

A humorous corroboree dance where a man is introduced to smoking cigarettes with unpleasant results; by men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory. This was recorded in 1978 in Lajamanu with an old 8 mm film camera, so the …

Men from Barunga (formerly known as Bamyili) in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory of Australia perform a dance illustrating spearfishing, followed by a very skilful solo; they then take their leave. This was recorded in 1978 in Lajamanu with an old 8 mm film camera, …

Women from Lajamanu, an Aboriginal community about 550 kilometres south west of Katherine on the edge of the Tanami Desert perform an ancient dance while other women sing, on the occasion of the Northern Territory achieving self-government on 1 July 1978; they dance around a …

This is one of a series of Vox Pop films created by people who attended the 'Wangka Kanyilku, Wangka : Decolonising First Nations' Languages Conference', Kalgoorlie 24-26 October 2023. This film features Elisha Jacob-Smith. For more information on the conference see …

This is one of a series of Vox Pop films created by people who attended the 'Wangka Kanyilku, Wangka : Decolonising First Nations' Languages Conference', Kalgoorlie 24-26 October 2023. This film features Brenda Larsen from Curtin University. For more information on the …