Aborigines of the Sea Coast
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 1991.8.7
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content: Penn State educational films
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 711 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1950
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Film reels
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Edited film by the Australian Film Board depicts life among the Yirrkalla Aborigines of coastal Arnhem Land on the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Film reveals acculturative influences from Malay traders and missionaries and a nearby airforce base. Malay influences documented include bark canoes, metal tools, and tobacco smoking. Aborigines are seen hunting, fishing, gathering, cooking, and building huts. Children are shown sketching in the sand and dancing.  Film is believed to be a record of the American Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land.

Legacy Keywords: Food quest aborigines Australia ; Hunting aborigines Australia ; Cooking aborigines Australia ; Housebuilding aborigines Australia ; Fishing aborigines Australia

Credits: Mountford, C.P.