Carnarvon

Aboriginals of central Queensland left cave paintings and rock engravings in the caves of the Carnarvon ranges. Today the Aboriginals are gone and the true meanings of the many unique designs may never be known.

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Collection

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Credits

production company

Australian Museum

Duration

00:09:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1968

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

001750

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Queensland

Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Carnarvon Range (Qld.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Crafts & Visual Arts → Rock paintings

History → History

Places → Carnarvon Range (Qld.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1968

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