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Island of lies [dvd]
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TitleIsland of lies [dvd]DescriptionChronicles the 19th Century massacres of Indigenous Australians in Walcha and Myall Creek, New South Wales, and the capture and mistreatment by Aborigines of Eliza Fraser after she was shipwrecked on what is now Fraser Island, Queensland. Local guides include Ethel Richards, a descendant of the Batjala Aborigines. The documentary also features Rollo Petrie, grandson of notable early pioneer of the Moreton Bay region Tom Petrie.Personal authorCoote, Gillian Petrie, Rollo, 1910-ImprintSydney, N.S.W. : NITV, 2013.LanguageEnglishDate2013-1991Collation1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm.Bib. formatVisual MaterialsNotes"Oral traditions and written history defining Australia's past" --Container cover.; Originally released: Documentary Fellowship, 1991.
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Library of Congress (keywords)Fraser, ElizaAboriginal Australians -- Queensland -- Fraser IslandAboriginal Australians -- Queensland, South East -- HistoryAboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- Queensland, South EastAboriginal Australians -- New South Wales -- HistoryAboriginal Australians -- WarsMassacres -- Australia -- HistoryAboriginal Australians -- HistoryFraser Island (Qld.) -- HistoryAustralia -- Race relations -- History
Island of lies [dvd] (2013-1991). Moreton Bay Our Story, accessed 18/04/2026, https://ourstory.moretonbay.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/15281







