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Coniston
David BattyFrancis Jupurrula Kelly

Coniston

  • Documentary
  • History

More than 80 years after the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people in Central Australia, their descendants relate their story.

RELEASE

2012-06-11

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

55 min

Description

In 1928, following the murder of a white dingo trapper, central Australia would witness the last known massacre of its Indigenous people. With over one hundred killed during a series of punitive expeditions, those who survived fled far and wide from the massacre sites. Denied a voice at the official inquiry and dislocated from their lands, the survivors passed down the story of this bloody episode to their children and grandchildren.