Collection title The Cape Melville & Flinders Island

Prepared September 2016 by EK Last updated 13-Jan-20

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Finding aid

GRIFFITHS_PEARSON_001

Collection title

The Cape Melville & Flinders

Island Archive Collection

Guide to the moving image recordings from the production of

Dhuway: an Australian diaspora and homecoming

by

Lew Griffiths and Noel Pearson, 1991-1996

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ACCESS

Availability of copies

Viewing copies are not yet available, but can be arranged on application. Contact the AIATSIS Audiovisual Access Unit by email or phone (02) 6261 4212 for further information.

Restrictions on viewing

The collection is open for viewing on the AIATSIS premises.

Restrictions on use

This collection was donated to AIATSIS under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme in 2002. AIATSIS holds the copyright to all film rushes and documentation; copyright does not include the finished film or archival material in copyright to other holders.

V09581_83 and V09581_86 contain restricted ceremonial material, while V09581_85 contains restricted culturally sensitive material – all requests for access to this material must be cleared through the Woomera Aboriginal Corporation. These reels were obtained from the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA).

V09581_91 consists of footage obtained from the South Australian Museum which is also held at FC00487_1-8, and which contains restricted gender specific material.

V09581_109, V09581_111-112, and V09581_115-118 contain some restricted material of Tony Flinders recorded by Lew Griffiths – permission to view or use this material must be sought from his eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Date: 1991-1996, plus related archival material from 1926-1979

Extent: 167 videocassettes (Betacam SP) (approximately 30 min. each) : sound, colour 1 videotape reel (1 in.) (56 min.) : sound, colour

Production history

The Cape Melville & Flinders Island Archive Collection was donated to AIATSIS under the Cultural Gifts Program on 26 June 2002 by Lew Griffiths and Noel Pearson. It consists of the film rushes and documentation for Griffiths’ 1996 AFI award-winning documentary film Dhuway: an Australian diaspora and homecoming, as well as the master tape of the completed film, which was published by OZIRIS Productions and distributed by SBS Independent. Dhuway was produced by both Lew Griffiths and Noel Pearson, and was directed and edited by Griffiths. Pearson was also the film’s presenter and story editor, having played a major role in the film’s events.

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The film tells the story of the forced dispersal of the Yiidhuwarra people from their homelands in the Cape Melville area and their struggle to return. It follows tribunal proceedings during their 1993 claim for land rights over their traditional homelands after the passing of the Queensland Land Act, with emotional and heartbreaking hearings as three generations of loss, abuse and exploitation are recounted. Their legal argument is presented by Pearson, a lawyer, with assistance from anthropologist Dr Peter Sutton.

The rushes include both historical archival footage and oral history interviews with the Yiidhuwarra people, as well as site visits, dramatized re-enactments, and a full record of the hearings before the Queensland Land Tribunal at which the claimants testified about their history and the land. Griffiths and Pearson have also provided extensive documentation to complement these rushes, including the final documentary script, production notes, interview and courtroom transcripts, land claim reports and submissions, and archival photographs. This material has a high research and display value; it is an excellent example of the documentation of an Aboriginal land claim and is unique in its coverage and scope.

RELATED MATERIAL

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Cultural Gift documentation; Dhuway documentary script; production notes; publicity material; shot lists and EDLs; logbooks; original film/video catalogues; interview transcripts; land claim documents and courtroom transcripts; archival photographs and footage.

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ARCHIVIST’S NOTE

This finding aid was compiled from information provided by Lew Griffiths. Detailed item descriptions featuring timing points are not yet available as the collection has not been auditioned by AIATSIS staff.

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ITEM LIST

AIATSIS item number

Description

V09581_1 Dhuway film rushes reel 100a: first five minutes of the completed film.

V09581_2 Dhuway film rushes reel 100b: Flinders Island Tape 0, boat shots from Cairns to Cooktown, taken on 1/11/1992.

V09581_3 Dhuway film rushes reel 101: Flinders Island Tape 1, boat shots from Cooktown to the McGreen family’s country. Shots of kids playing in the water, as well as various shots of the coastline and Cape Flattery. Taken on 1/11/1992.

V09581_4 Dhuway film rushes reel 102: Flinders Island Tape 2, interviews with Lydia Gibson (neé Flinders) and Bernard Hart on board the boat in Cape York, followed by shots of the coast. Taken on 2/11/1992.

V09581_5 Dhuway film rushes reel 103: Flinders Island Tape 3, shots of the coast and footage of the traditional owners’ arrival at Cape Melville, with Urwunjin Roger Hart giving a greeting. Taken on 1/11/1992.

V09581_6 Dhuway film rushes reel 104: Flinders Island Tape 4, footage of Lydia Gibson in a meeting at Cape Melville, the National Parks Rangers going across the bay in a boat, cutaway shots of Cape Melville, Roger Hart explaining the history of the Cape Melville area to his son Bernard, his grandson, and George Monaghan. Taken in 1992.

V09581_7 Dhuway film rushes reel 105: Flinders Island Tape 4A, footage of activity at the Cape Melville camp and overlay shots of a land claim strategy meeting with Noel Pearson and Peter Sutton briefing the traditional owners. Taken in 1992.

V09581_8 Dhuway film rushes reel 106: Flinders Island Tape 6, footage of the traditional owners arriving at Flinders Island as well as Flinders Island landscapes. Taken in 1992.

V09581_9 Dhuway film rushes reel 107: Flinders Island Tape 7, footage of a grinding stone demonstration, exploration, landscapes, and rock art on Flinders Island. Taken in 1992.

V09581_10 Dhuway film rushes reel 108: Flinders Island Tape 8, continued footage of Flinders Island rock art, followed by interviews with Robyn Flinders and Arrow. Sunset landscapes. Taken in 1992.

V09581_11 Dhuway film rushes reel 109: Flinders Island Tape 9, footage of shell middens and burial caves on Flinders Island. Anthony “Tony” Flinders gives an interview about the burial caves. Taken in 1992.

V09581_12 Dhuway film rushes reel 110: Flinders Island Tape 10, continued footage from Tony Flinders’ interview and additional burial cave shots. Footage of Lydia Gibson and Victorina “Vicky” Mannix looking at photographs on board the boat. Evening shots of the campsite at Cape Melville. Taken in 1992.

V09581_13 Dhuway film rushes reel 111: Flinders Island Tape 11, cutaways and footage of Roger Hart telling fireside stories at the Cape Melville camp, including the formation of rocks at Cape Melville and how the carpet snake got a flat head. Taken in 1992.

V09581_14 Dhuway film rushes reel 112: Flinders Island Tape 13A, interviews with members of the Flinders family. Taken in 1992.

V09581_15 Dhuway film rushes reel 113: Flinders Island Tape 13, interview with


Mitchell McGreen about his life, cutaways of people listening by the fire, overlay of a Wik meeting at Aurukun. Taken in 1992.

V09581_16 Dhuway film rushes reel 114: Flinders Island Tape 14, footage of Hans McGreen and children going stingray spear fishing in the bay at Cape Melville. Taken in 1992.

V09581_17 Dhuway film rushes reel 115: Flinders Island Tape 15, interviews with Noel Pearson and William “Willy” Michael followed by a group photo and landscapes of Cape Melville. Taken in 1992.

V09581_18 Dhuway film rushes reel 116: Flinders Island Tape 16, interview with Lydia Gibson after her trip on board the boat, followed by footage of the traditional owners leaving on the boat. Taken in 1992.

V09581_19 Dhuway film rushes reel 117: Flinders Island Tape 17, first part of an interview with anthropologist Dr Peter Sutton on Flinders Island. Taken in 1992.

V09581_20 Dhuway film rushes reel 118: Flinders Island Tape 18, second part of an interview with Peter Sutton on Flinders Island. Taken in 1992.

V09581_21 Dhuway film rushes reel 119: Flinders Island Tape 19, footage from a Wik meeting followed by footage from an interview with Vicky Mannix. Taken in 1992.

V09581_22 Dhuway film rushes reel 120: Flinders Island Tape 20, continued footage from an interview with Vicky Mannix as well as old family photographs. Taken in 1992.

V09581_23 Dhuway film rushes reel 121: Flinders Island Tape 21, shots of black and white still photographs of Vicky Mannix’s family from the South Australian Museum’s Norman Tindale Collection. Taken in 1992.

V09581_24 Dhuway film rushes reel 122: Flinders Island Tape 12, footage of fireside storytelling at the Cape Melville camp. Taken in 1992.

V09581_25 Dhuway film rushes reel 123: Flinders Island Tape 5, landscape shots of a massacre site and the Cape Melville coastline. Taken in 1995.

V09581_26 Dhuway film rushes reel 201: Trial Tape 1, footage from the Land Claim Hearing held in Cooktown on 23/8/1993, with cutaways of the court setting up, claimants entering the hall, judges listening, and people leaving the hall in the late afternoon.

V09581_27 Dhuway film rushes reel 202: Trial Tape 2, footage from the opening session of the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993, with Graeme Neate making the opening address and introducing Noel Pearson, Greg Wellard, John O’Sullivan, and Ted Loveday. Neville Bonner also speaks.

V09581_28 Dhuway film rushes reel 203: Trial Tape 3, footage of Noel Pearson describing the claim area, followed by footage of Albert Lakefield and Victor Cobus giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993.

V09581_29 Dhuway film rushes reel 204: Trial Tape 4, footage of Paddy Bassini and Sunlight Bassini giving evidence and the judges asking Noel Pearson about their relationship, followed by McGinty Salt giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993.

V09581_30 Dhuway film rushes reel 205: Trial Tape 5, footage of Victor Cobus and Albert Lakefield giving evidence, with cutaways of Graeme Neate, Noel Pearson, Peter Sutton, Neville Bonner, and Marcia Langton. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993.


V09581_31 Dhuway film rushes reel 206: Trial Tape 6, footage from a general session, cutaways from McGinty Salt giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993.

V09581_32 Dhuway film rushes reel 207: Trial Tape 7, footage of Graeme Neate and Neville Bonner speaking during the opening session, followed by footage of George Monaghan giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held on 23/8/1993.

V09581_33 Dhuway film rushes reel 208: Trial Tape 8, continued footage of George Monaghan giving evidence, followed by footage of Dorothy Guivarra giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_34 Dhuway film rushes reel 209: Trial Tape 9, continued footage of Dorothy Guivarra giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_35 Dhuway film rushes reel 210: Trial Tape 10, continued footage of Dorothy Guivarra giving evidence, followed by footage of Helen Rootsey giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_36 Dhuway film rushes reel 211: Trial Tape 11, continued footage of Helen Rootsey giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_37 Dhuway film rushes reel 212: Trial Tape 12, continued footage from the end of one session of Helen Rootsey giving evidence, followed by a break and the beginning of the next session, with Helen Rootsey again giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_38 Dhuway film rushes reel 213: Trial Tape 13, continued footage of Helen Rootsey giving evidence, followed by footage of Frank Gleeson giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_39 Dhuway film rushes reel 214: Trial Tape 14, continued footage of Frank Gleeson giving evidence, followed by courtroom cutaways and footage of Tony Flinders giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_40 Dhuway film rushes reel 215: Trial Tape 15, continued footage of Tony Flinders giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_41 Dhuway film rushes reel 216: Trial Tape 16, overlay of Hope Vale, followed by footage of Tony Flinders giving evidence and court housekeeping. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_42 Dhuway film rushes reel 217: Trial Tape 17, footage of court starting and Tony Flinders giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_43 Dhuway film rushes reel 218: Trial Tape 19, footage of Lydia Gibson giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_44 Dhuway film rushes reel 219: Trial Tape 20, continued footage of Lydia Gibson giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.


V09581_45 Dhuway film rushes reel 220: Trial Tape 21, continued footage of Lydia Gibson giving evidence, followed by footage of Alice Walker giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_46 Dhuway film rushes reel 221: Trial Tape 22, continued footage of Alice Walker giving evidence, followed by Wanda Gibson giving evidence, then a fishing submission. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_47 Dhuway film rushes reel 222: Trial Tape 23, continued footage from the fishing submission. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_48 Dhuway film rushes reel 223: Trial Tape 24, footage of Clarence “Clarrie” Flinders giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_49 Dhuway film rushes reel 224: Trial Tape 25, continued footage of Clarence “Clarrie” Flinders giving evidence, followed by Laurel Gibson, Paul Flinders, and Yvonne “Bonnie” Walker giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_50 Dhuway film rushes reel 225: Trial Tape 26, continued footage of Bonnie Walker, Laurel Gibson, and Paul Flinders giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_51 Dhuway film rushes reel 226: Trial Tape 27, cutaways from the tribunal, followed by footage of Lew Griffiths speaking at the tribunal. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_52 Dhuway film rushes reel 227: Trial Tape 28, continued footage of Lew Griffiths speaking at the tribunal, followed by footage of Roger Hart giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_53 Dhuway film rushes reel 228: Trial Tape 30, continued footage of Roger Hart giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.




V09581_57 Dhuway film rushes reel 232: Trial Tape 34, footage of Bernard Hart giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_58 Dhuway film rushes reel 233: Trial Tape 35, continued footage of Bernard Hart giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_59 Dhuway film rushes reel 234: Trial Tape 36, continued footage of Bernard Hart giving evidence, followed by Alan Paul Hart and Patsy Gibson giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_60 Dhuway film rushes reel 235: Trial Tape 37, continued footage of Alan


Paul Hart and Patsy Gibson giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_61 Dhuway film rushes reel 236: Trial Tape 38, continued footage of Alan Hart and Patsy Gibson giving evidence, followed by footage of Kathleen Ross-Kelly giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_62 Dhuway film rushes reel 237: Trial Tape 39, continued footage of Kathleen Ross-Kelly giving evidence, with Jenni Patterson and Susan Ross-Kelly also giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_63 Dhuway film rushes reel 238: Trial Tape 40, continued footage of Susan Ross-Kelly, Jenni Patterson, and Kathleen Ross-Kelly giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_64 Dhuway film rushes reel 239: Trial Tape 41, cutaways from the tribunal, with Graeme Neate and Marcia Langton speaking. Followed by footage of Vicky Mannix giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_65 Dhuway film rushes reel 240: Trial Tape 42, continued footage of Vicky Mannix giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_66 Dhuway film rushes reel 241: Trial Tape 43, continued footage of Vicky Mannix giving evidence, followed by Gloria Vogler giving evidence. Cutaways from the tribunal, then footage of Maisie Thomas giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_67 Dhuway film rushes reel 242: Trial Tape 44, continued footage of Maisie Thomas giving evidence, followed by Lyndelle Thomas giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_68 Dhuway film rushes reel 243: Trial Tape 45, continued footage of Lyndelle Thomas giving evidence, with Debra Murgha and Maisie Thomas also giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_69 Dhuway film rushes reel 244: Trial Tape 46, footage of Debra Murgha, Maisie Thomas, Bernard Hart, and Kevin Rootsey giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_70 Dhuway film rushes reel 245: Trial Tape 47, footage of Kevin Rootsey, Bernard Hart, and Nigel Hedgecock giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_71 Dhuway film rushes reel 246: Trial Tape 49, footage of Lydia Gibson, Tony Flinders, and Peter Sutton discussing Cape Melville in a recall session. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_72 Dhuway film rushes reel 247: Trial Tape 50, footage of Willy Michael giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_73 Dhuway film rushes reel 248: Trial Tape 51, footage of Willy Michael, Mitchell McGreen, and Alan Paul Hart giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_74 Dhuway film rushes reel 249: Trial Tape 52, footage of Alan Paul Hart giving evidence, followed by shots of archival maps and photographs from the South Australian Museum.


V09581_75 Dhuway film rushes reel 250: Trial Tape 53, tribunal cutaways, followed by footage of Roger Hart and Peter Sutton giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_76 Dhuway film rushes reel 251: Trial Tape 54, footage of Peter Sutton giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_77 Dhuway film rushes reel 252: Trial Tape 55, footage of Peter Sutton, Yvonne Gordon, and Iris Michael giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_78 Dhuway film rushes reel 253: Trial Tape 56, continued footage of Iris Michael giving evidence, followed by Lenny Rootsey and Margaret Bassini. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_79 Dhuway film rushes reel 254: Trial Tape 57, footage of Margaret Bassini and Peter Sutton giving evidence. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_80 Dhuway film rushes reel 255: Trial Tape 58/1A, tribunal cutaways, footage of Noel Pearson talking to Tony Flinders. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993. Taken on 25/8/1993.

V09581_81 Dhuway film rushes reel 256: Trial Tape 2A, tribunal overlays and cutaways. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993.

V09581_82 Dhuway film rushes reel 261: Trial Tape 48, footage of Nigel Hedgecock, Tony Flinders, and Lydia Gibson recalled to give evidence again. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing held in August 1993. Taken on 27/8/1993.

V09581_83 Dhuway film rushes reel 300: transfer of a 92 min. black & white silent 1936 film held by the NFSA entitled A Walkabout, containing footage of daily life on the Presbyterian missions on Mornington Island and at Aurukun, Kendall River, Weipa, and Mapoon. The footage also includes several traditional dances. Note that this film contains restricted ceremonial material.

V09581_84 Dhuway film rushes reel 301: transfer of an 89 min. black & white silent 1937 film held by the NFSA entitled The Native Problem in Queensland, a record of patrols to the reserves and missions of Queensland and the Torres Strait Islands by E.M. Hanlon, Minister for Health and Home Affairs in Queensland.

V09581_85 Dhuway film rushes reel 302: transfer of three c. 1950 documentary films held by the NFSA: a 44 min. early colour film entitled Bentinck, about the Aboriginal people of Bentinck Island, some of whom are living on the island and others on the Presbyterian mission on nearby Mornington Island; a 27 min. silent colour film entitled Aurukun, showing life on the Presbyterian mission at Aurukun in Northern Queensland; a 24 min. film entitled Weipa and the Weipa Mission School, showing life on the Presbyterian mission at Weipa and the children of the mission school. Note that the Bentinck footage contains restricted culturally sensitive material, with all requests for access at the NFSA to be cleared through the Woomera Aboriginal Corporation.

V09581_86 Dhuway film rushes reel 303: transfer of three films held by the NFSA: a 19 min. silent colour c. 1940 documentary film entitled Mornington Island, consisting of footage taken on a visit to Mornington Island by the Flying Doctor Service of Australia, with scenes of daily life and


medical examinations; a short 1933 sequence from Movietone Newsreel A0030 about Chinese gold miners around the Palmer River; an unidentified film about canoe construction, weaving, and initiation ceremonies in Aurukun. Tape also contains short excerpts from an unrelated NFSA title, the 1913 silent film Home of the Blizzard, about Douglas Mawson’s Australian Antarctic Expedition. Note that the Aurukun footage contains restricted ceremonial material.

V09581_87 Dhuway film rushes reel 304: stills from Peter Sutton’s 1970 trip to Cape Melville.

V09581_88 Dhuway film rushes reel 305: additional stills from Peter Sutton’s 1970 trip to Cape Melville.

V09581_89 Dhuway film rushes reel 306: stills from Cape York, including Tulo Gordon’s art, photographs of Roger Hart, Vicky Mannix, her mother Winnie Massey, Yarrabah Church, Palm Island, Cooktown harbour, and people from the Guguu Yimidhirr group.

V09581_90 Dhuway film rushes reel 307: additional stills from Cape York, including portraits of various groups and individuals at Cape Melville.

V09581_91 Dhuway film rushes reel 308: transfer of a 13 min. black & white silent film held by the South Australian Museum entitled Natives of Princess Charlotte Bay, documenting the South Australian Museum expedition to Northern Queensland in 1926-1927, with photography by Herbert Hale and Norman Tindale. Followed by a transfer of reel 1 of the 109 min. black & white silent 1932 film entitled Mt. Liebig Expedition deposited by the South Australian Museum with AIATSIS at FC00487_1-8. Note that this film contains restricted gender specific material.

V09581_92 Dhuway film rushes reel 310: various still photographs.

V09581_93 Dhuway film rushes reel 311: various black & white still photographs of Roger Hart, Paster Howard Polson, Vicky Mannix and her mother Winnie Massey, Peter Sutton and Johnny Flinders, Tulo Gordon, and Bob Flinders.

V09581_94 Dhuway film rushes reel 312, footage and cutaways from the Cooktown Tourism Conference held on 9/6/1991, followed by interviews with Bob Sullivan, the President of the Cape York Peninsula Development Association, and Steve Bredhauer MP, State Member for Cook, and overlays of the town and views from the harbour lookout.

V09581_95 Dhuway film rushes reel 313: footage from the Cooktown Festival held in 1992, with aerials of the coast, an overlay of the Cooktown main street, shots of the Captain Cook statue, and a re-enactment of Cook’s landing.

V09581_96 Dhuway film rushes reel 314: still colour photograph of Johnny Flinders from the Peter Sutton collection held at AIATSIS. Recorded in August 1993.

V09581_97 Dhuway film rushes reel 315: various colour and black & white graphics of maps of Australia, Queensland, and Princess Charlotte Bay. Recorded in August 1993.

V09581_98 Dhuway film rushes reel 320: Dr John Haviland Tape 1, compile tape of footage taken of Johnny Flinders, Roger Hart, Tulo Gordon, Bob Flinders, Mitchell McGreen, and Merve Gibson by anthropologist Dr John B. Haviland in Hope Vale in 1979.

V09581_99 Dhuway film rushes reel 321: Dr John Haviland Tape 2, compile tape of


footage taken of McIvor River, Roger Hart, and Tulo Gordon by John Haviland in Hope Vale in 1979.

V09581_100 Dhuway film rushes reel 333: various black & white still photographs of King Harry of Cape Melville, Bob Flinders, Peter Sutton, Johnny Flinders, Vicky Mannix, and Hans McGreen. Taken in 1979. Copyrights with the South Australian Museum, the OZIRIS Flinders family collection, and the Peter Sutton collection at AIATSIS.

V09581_101 Dhuway film rushes reel 401: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of Johnny Flinders in 1975.

V09581_102 Dhuway film rushes reel 402: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of Johnny Flinders in 1975.

V09581_103 Dhuway film rushes reel 403: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of songs and their explanations by Charlie Monaghan in 1975.

V09581_104 Dhuway film rushes reel 404: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of stories and their explanations by Johnny Flinders in 1975.

V09581_105 Dhuway film rushes reel 405: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of Bob Flinders in 1974.

V09581_106 Dhuway film rushes reel 406: transfer of audio tapes containing Peter Sutton’s recordings of Bib Flinders making and explaining his land rights statement in 1975.

V09581_107 Dhuway film rushes reel 408: audio tape containing a recording of Bob Flinders in church in the 1970s, with an interview with Pastor Howard Pohlner.

V09581_108 Dhuway film rushes reel 501: Return to Flinders Island Tape 1, footage of a January 1996 field trip to Cape Melville, with shots of Laurel Gibson, George Monaghan, Hans McGreen, Paul Flinders, Robert Gibson, John Walker, Nigel Hedgecock, Clarrie Flinders and his wife Bonnie Walker on deck as they approach Flinders Island.

V09581_109 Dhuway film rushes reel 502: Return to Flinders Island Tape 2, footage from Tony Flinders’ last trip to Cape Melville in January 1996. Note that this reel contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_110 Dhuway film rushes reel 503: Return to Flinders Island Tape 3, shots of the camp at Cape Melville, footage of people arriving and greeting Tony Flinders. Taken in January 1996.

V09581_111 Dhuway film rushes reel 504: Return to Flinders Island Tape 4, footage of Tony Flinders recording his last will and delivering a land management plan. Taken in January 1996. Note that this reel contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders. The transcription of this reel is for use by family only.

V09581_112 Dhuway film rushes reel 505: Return to Flinders Island Tape 5, additional footage of Tony Flinders discussing his land management plan. Followed by seascapes of Cape Melville. Taken in January 1996. Note that the footage of Tony Flinders contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_113 Dhuway film rushes reel 506: Return to Flinders Island Tape 6, various campsite and landscape shots of Cape Melville. Taken in January 1996.


V09581_114 Dhuway film rushes reel 507: Return to Flinders Island Tape 7, shots of boulders used to symbolise a massacre, followed by aerial shots of Princess Charlotte Bay and Flinders Island. Taken in January 1996.

V09581_115 Dhuway film rushes reel 508: Return to Flinders Island Tape 8, aerial shots of Cape Melville, footage from trips to Stanley Island and Flinders Island, footage of Tony Flinders ill in bed. Taken in 1996. Note that the footage of Tony Flinders contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_116 Dhuway film rushes reel 509: Return to Flinders Island Tape 9, interview with Tony Flinders while he is ill in bed at his house in Hope Vale. Taken in 1996. Note that this reel contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_117 Dhuway film rushes reel 510: Return to Flinders Island Tape 10, another interview with Tony Flinders while he is ill in bed at his house in Hope Vale. Taken in 1996. Note that this reel contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_118 Dhuway film rushes reel 511: Return to Flinders Island Tape 11, footage of Tony Flinders leaving the camp at Cape Melville via helicopter, followed by landscape shots and an interview with George Monaghan. Taken in 1996. Note that the footage of Tony Flinders contains restricted material – permission must be sought from Tony Flinders’ eldest son Clarrie Flinders.

V09581_119 Dhuway film rushes reel 512: Return to Flinders Island Tape 12, interview with George Monaghan at Cape Melville. Taken in 1996.

V09581_120 Dhuway film rushes reel 513: Return to Flinders Island Tape 13, footage of Tony Flinders ill in bed at his house in Hope Vale. Taken in 1996.

V09581_121 Dhuway film rushes reel 514: Flinders Island Trip Tape 1, boat shots while heading to Flinders Island, followed by landscape and aerial shots. Taken on 1/12/1994.

V09581_122 Dhuway film rushes reel 515: Flinders Island Trip Tape 2, footage of the traditional owners visiting burial caves and rock art sites, as well as landscape and aerial shots. Taken on 1/12/1994.

V09581_123 Dhuway film rushes reel 516: Flinders Island Trip Tape 3, footage of Noel Pearson interviewing George Monaghan, Tony Flinders, and Albert Lakefield for their land claim, as well as group shots near the Flinders Island National Park sign. Taken on 2/12/1994.

V09581_124 Dhuway film rushes reel 517: Flinders Island Trip Tape 4, interviews with traditional owners Alan Paul Hart and Terry Gordon, followed by footage from their trip to a rock art site on Stanley Island. Taken on 2/12/1994.

V09581_125 Dhuway film rushes reel 600: tribunal cutaways with Peter Sutton giving evidence. Taken on 24/8/1993. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing.

V09581_126 Dhuway film rushes reel 601: locked-off shot of the tribunal judges. Taken on 26/8/1993. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing.

V09581_127 Dhuway film rushes reel 603: tribunal cutaways from the fishing submission. Taken in August 1993. From the Cooktown Land Claim


Hearing.

V09581_128 Dhuway film rushes reel 604: tribunal cutaways with Vicky Mannix giving evidence. Taken on 25/8/ 1993. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing.

V09581_129 Dhuway film rushes reel 605: footage of tribunal judges and witnesses watching video documentary evidence, with close-ups and wide shots. Taken in August 1993. From the Cooktown Land Claim Hearing.

V09581_130 Dhuway film rushes reel 650: Return to Country Tape 1, footage of the journey from Hope Vale to Cape Melville, crossing Lakefield River and the salt pans. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_131 Dhuway film rushes reel 651: Return to Country Tape 2, footage from an interview by Noel Pearson with Bonnie Walker. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_132 Dhuway film rushes reel 652: Return to Country Tape 3, continued footage form an interview with Bonnie Walker, followed by aerial shots of the island group at Cape Melville. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_133 Dhuway film rushes reel 653: Return to Country Tape 4, footage from an interview with Clarrie Flinders. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_134 Dhuway film rushes reel 654: Return to Country Tape 5, early morning landscape and aerial shots at Cape Melville. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_135 Dhuway film rushes reel 655: Return to Country Tape 6, footage of Noel Pearson speaking at Cape Melville, followed by aerial shots of Clack Island and a re-enactment of a ceremony on the island by George Monaghan, Clarrie Flinders, and Roger Hart. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_136 Dhuway film rushes reel 656: Return to Country Tape 7, continued footage of Clack Island followed by footage of rock art on Stanley Island. Taken on 11/7/1996.

V09581_137 Dhuway film rushes reel 657: Return to Country Tape 8, footage of the Cape Melville memorial with Noel Pearson delivering his final piece to camera. Taken on 9/7/1996.

V09581_138 Dhuway film rushes reel 658: Return to Country Tape 9, footage of Noel Pearson delivering his final piece to camera in front of the Cape Melville Memorial, followed by aerial shots. Taken on 9/7/1996.

V09581_139 Dhuway film rushes reel 660: Return to Country Tape 10, footage of Clarrie Flinders walking along the beach and making spears with George Monaghan and John Bob Walker, Clarrie and Bonnie Walker’s son, at Cape Melville. Taken on 13/7/1996.

V09581_140 Dhuway film rushes reel 661: Return to Country Tape 11, sunrise shots, followed by footage of Noel Pearson spearfishing and Bonnie Walker and her children John Bob and Lana Walker at a creek at Cape Melville. Footage from an interview with Lana, followed by shots of Bonnie and the sleeping kids. Taken on 14/7/1996.

V09581_141 Dhuway film rushes reel 662: Return to Country Tape 12, footage of Clarrie Flinders finding an axe head, followed by shots of George Monaghan, Lana Walker, and Lydia Gibson fishing, and Roger Hart reading the book he wrote with John Haviland, “Old Man Fog and the Last Aborigines of Barrow Point”. Taken in July 1996.

V09581_142 Dhuway film rushes reel 663: Return to Country Tape 13, continued footage of Roger Hart reading “Old Man Fog”, followed by shots of Clarrie Flinders and Bonnie Walker driving back to Hope Vale. Taken in July 1996.


V09581_143 Dhuway film rushes reel 666: maps and graphics.

V09581_144 Dhuway film rushes reel 667: tape 1 of Noel Pearson’s final voiceover. Recorded on 21/7/1996.

V09581_145 Dhuway film rushes reel 668: tape 2 of Noel Pearson’s final voiceover. Recorded on 21/7/1996.

V09581_146 Dhuway film rushes reel 700: voiceovers recorded by Lana Walker at a lighthouse.

V09581_147 Dhuway film rushes reel 701: footage of a lighthouse near Babinda. Taken on 18/5/1996.

V09581_148 Dhuway film rushes reel 702: stills of photographs from the Ross-Kelly house at Babinda, followed by swamp overlay and footage of John Bob Walker at Keating’s Lagoon near Cooktown. Taken in May 1996.

V09581_149 Dhuway film rushes reel 703: continued footage of John Bob Walker at Keating’s Lagoon, followed by landscape shots. Taken on 20/5/1996.

V09581_150 Dhuway film rushes reel 704: overlays from a land management meeting held at Hope Vale, followed by bedroom, church, and graveyard scenes with Lydia Gibson. Taken on 21/5/1996.

V09581_151 Dhuway film rushes reel 705: footage from an interview with Roger Hart. Taken in Hope Vale in May 1996.

V09581_152 Dhuway film rushes reel 706: continued footage from an interview with Roger Hart, followed by footage from an interview with Lydia Gibson. Taken in Hope Vale in May 1996.

V09581_153 Dhuway film rushes reel 707: continued footage from an interview with Lydia Gibson. Taken in Hope Vale in May 1996.

V09581_154 Dhuway film rushes reel 708: continued footage from an interview with Lydia Gibson, followed by overlay shots of Gibson fishing. Taken in Hope Vale in May 1996.

V09581_155 Dhuway film rushes reel 709: recording of voiceovers by Bonnie Walker, followed by footage of a church service and baptism at Hope Vale. Taken in May 1996.

V09581_156 Dhuway film rushes reel 710: overlay and footage from an interview with Peter Sutton in Adelaide. Taken in May 1996.

V09581_157 Dhuway film rushes reel 711: footage from an interview with Peter Sutton in Adelaide. Taken in May 1996.

V09581_158 Dhuway film rushes reel 712: shots of various pages from the Tindale Diary, held at the South Australian Museum in Adelaide. Taken in May 1996.

V09581_159 Dhuway film rushes reel 715: footage from an interview with Marcia Langton in Canberra. Taken in June 1996.

V09581_160 Dhuway film rushes reel 720: footage from an interview with Tony Flinders about the foxtail palm, followed by shots of the Cooktown Police Station and town itself.

V09581_161 Dhuway film rushes reel 721: transfer of a May 1993 episode of ABC’s The 7.30 Report on the foxtail palm.

V09581_162 Dhuway film rushes reel 777: voiceovers recorded by Bonnie Walker.

V09581_163 Dhuway film rushes reel 780: voiceovers recorded by Lana Walker and her mother Bonnie Walker.

V09581_164 Dhuway film rushes reel 800: slow motion footage.

V09581_165 Dhuway film rushes reel 888: slow motion footage, including shots of the lighthouse on Pipon Island.


V09581_166 Dhuway film rushes reel 950: additional voiceovers and pieces to camera by Noel Pearson at Cape Melville.

V09581_167 Dhuway film rushes reel 951: additional voiceovers and pieces to camera by Noel Pearson at Cape Melville.

V09579_1 Master tape of the finished 1996 documentary film Dhuway: an Australian diaspora and homecoming.

Documents

Collection title The Cape Melville & Flinders Island