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Retold – The story of Biw, told by Harriet Ober (Video)

This video is part of ‘Retold’, a digital stories series presented by the State Library of Queensland. Stories of the Torres Strait are retold as recorded in Margaret Lawrie’s book Myths and Legends of Torres Strait.

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Picture This – The story of Gelam the creator of dugong (Video)

This video is part of ‘Picture This’, a digital stories series presented by the State Library of Queensland. The videos were developed from artworks created by children and re-tell traditional Torres Strait stories from Margaret Lawrie’s Tales from Torres Strait.

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Mabo Day Celebration (Video)

This video celebrates 18 years since the Mabo High Court Determination that paved the way toward Native Title in Australia.

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Blessing song – Kurbingui Singing (Video)

In this video, Joey Tapau (Torres Strait, Murray Island, and Aboriginal, Kuku Yalanji Tribe), Luke Captain (Meriam people of Mer, Murray Island) and Taie Daye (Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander) sing a blessing song for the start of MediaTribe USA Australia, and its American crew, at the Kurbingui Youth Development Center in Brisbane, Australia. Copyright 2010 Rebekah West. www.rebekahwest.com

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Clifton Bieundurry showing traditional hand signs (Video)

In this video, Clifton Bieundurry, Walmajarri artist from the central Kimberley, Western Australia, demonstrates traditional hand signs.

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Torres Strait Islander traditional dance (Video)

In this video, Torres Strait Islanders perform a traditional dance during the tombstone unveiling of the Late Reverend Father Johnathan Gagai.

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Rock Art – National Geographic (Video)

In this video, National Geographic explores Aboriginal rock art in Kakadu National Park.

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Footprint of the Spirits – Part One (Video)

In this video, artwork from ‘Footprint of the Spirits’, the 2003 Neil McLeod touring exhibition of Aboriginal art in Christchurch, New Zealand, is explained.

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Native Wells on the Central Highlands with Lindsay Black (Video)

In this video, local Indigenous Elder Lindsay Black describes how rock wells were made and used by his ancestors on the central highlands of Queensland.

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Kangaroo Dance (Video)

In this video, Aboriginal Australians perform a traditional Aboriginal kangaroo dance.