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Couldn't Be Fairer: 'The Aboriginal problem' (1984)

1984

Couldn't Be Fairer: 'The Aboriginal problem' (1984)

1984

  • NFSA IDAYEGEKY0
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormDocumentary
  • Duration50 mins
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
  • Year1984

Talking head newscast discussing the 'Aboriginal problem’. In this instance, Lang Hancock offers sterilisation as a solution to 'the problem’.

Courtesy of
O'Rourke and Associates

Talking head newscast discussing the 'Aboriginal problem’. In this instance, Lang Hancock offers sterilisation as a solution to 'the problem’.

Courtesy of
O'Rourke and Associates
Decades
Themes
  • Producer
    Dennis O'Rourke
    Director
    Dennis O'Rourke
    Written by
    Mick Miller
    Production Company
    O'Rourke and Associates

  • by Romaine Moreton

    The news and interview footage in this clip is from a relatively recent time in Australian history. The openness with which sterilisation is proposed as a solution to the 'Aboriginal problem’ frames the way in which the Australian public felt justified in having such discussions publicly.

Decades
Themes
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