Mungo Lady [videorecording].
Mungo Lady [videorecording].
About this item
Full title
Publisher
[Australia] : Blackfella Films, 1993.
Date
1993.
Call Numbers
VB7647
Record Identifier
MMS ID
Language
English
Formats
Physical Description
Physical content
1 videocassette (VHS) (23 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
Contents
Producer, Rachel Perkins ; director, script, Mari Bennett ; photography, Michael Edols ; editor, Christopher Cordeaux.
Publication information
Publisher
[Australia] : Blackfella Films, 1993.
Performers
Lydia Miller.
Date Published
1993.
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Summary
In 1960 the remains of an Aboriginal woman were exhumed at Lake Mungo, N.S.W., by the white anthropologist/archaeologist Alan Thorne. The woman had been cremated at least 25,000 years ago, providing the first evidence of this practice, and evidence for elaborate funerary customs by Aborigines in pre-historic times. The remains were exhibited around...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Mungo Lady [videorecording].
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
From spirit to spirit.
Made in association with SBS Television.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
VB7647
Record Identifier
74VKRQqAglRZ
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKRQqAglRZ
Other Identifiers
DDC
305.89915
MMS ID
991023236589702626
