A documentary on the early education of aboriginal children. It looks at a special pre-school program to help prepare aboriginal children for school, which has been set up in Dareton, Victoria. It suggests that in the face of insensitive attitudes, conventional education will further undermine aboriginal culture.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007962
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Children
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Cultural assimilation
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Education
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Race discrimination - Australia
Aboriginal Australia → Racism - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Discrimination - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prejudices
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Racism - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Prejudices
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)