Torres Strait Islanders: Making fire (1898)
1898
Torres Strait Islanders: Making fire (1898)
1898
- NFSA IDGWR4XYFQ
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- Duration4 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1898
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Three Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate a traditional fire-making practice.
Courtesy of
AC Haddon
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Three Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate a traditional fire-making practice.
Courtesy of
AC Haddon
- NFSA IDGWR4XYFQ
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormActuality
- Duration4 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1898
- FilmmakerAC Haddon
by Liz McNiven
Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate the same method of fire making as practised by Aboriginal people on the mainland. This footage shows an interconnection between the two co-existing Indigenous peoples of far north Queensland.
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