Video galleries

What amazes me is how anyone can lock you up on the grounds of your culture: Robert Kitchener

“They didn’t want us to be black.” At the age of four Robert Kitchener...

Leadership opportunities for young Indigenous people: Sam Jeffries

Sam Jeffries is from Brewarrina but is in Sydney with The National Congress of...

Redfern Yarns: Shane Phillips

“We have to create our own destiny and develop our own tools to do it.” Shane Phillips...

Tribal Warrior harbour cruises: Shane Phillips

Shane Phillips tells how “The Tribal Warrior” became a maritime training...

Working at Warragamba dam: Chicka Madden

Uncle Chicka Madden describes his job clearing timber at Warragamba dam for 5...

Now I think they're proud of being Aboriginal: Chicka Madden

Uncle Chicka Madden...

Homes and homes away from home: Chicka Madden

Driving around Redfern, Uncle Chicka Madden shows where many of the old...

A message for young Koories: Richard Green

“Learn our history and learn their history… [otherwise] they’ve got us.” Richard Green...

First and foremost, Aboriginal people had to be citizens: Dulcie Flower

Auntie Dulcie Flower believes that the local is important, but there are...

The police were at war with us: Gordon Briscoe

“Coming down from the country to the city was a treacherous process,” explains Uncle Gordon Briscoe...

PLEASE NOTE

All the video recordings on this website were made at least a decade ago. Some are fifteen years old.

What the speakers say on camera was based on their own knowledge and researches at the time each video was made. Since then a great deal of information has come to hand which may make some of the information first recorded now outdated. Therefore please regard this website as a period piece presenting knowledge held and believed at the time of recording.