MABO

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A simple summary of the Mabo case and Native title

http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Previousproducts/1301.0Feature%20Article21995

https://www.pinterest.com/maharajpreetir/mabo-rachel-perkins/ = lots of articles and images collected from the web - good for background material

Resources created by ABC - on film and background context http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/welcome/

The following site has some excellent analysis of the film using the kind of language you need to employ in your essays http://www.englishworks.com.au/mabo-rachael-perkins/

This is the last episode of Rachel Perkins’ 2008 documentary series “The First Australians”, which deals not only with Eddie Koiki Mabo’s life and court case, but also the political environment of the time, including details of the other Indigenous efforts to be given their human rights, including land rights…Mrs White's class - we will watch this early 2014 as a class, but feel free to have a look before hand

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@http://www.theguardian.com/world/postcolonial/2014/aug/26/-sp-the-man-who-renounced-australia = article about an aboriginal man who has renounced his white identity

__Background Information__

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/timeline/ This is a useful interactive timeline about key events in the history of land rights for Aboriginal and Torres-Strait Islanders

__Useful Documents__ http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/videos/?play=mabo_webex_directing.mp4 This ABC webpage has lots of short films that are useful and some handouts - most of which are a bit skimpy but could be useful. http://www.nfsa.gov.au/digitallearning/mabo/info/MaboFamilyTree.htm

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- this is a short interview with director Rachel Perkins - quite accessible and interesting



Teacher resources parts 1-3 give comprehensive overview of film, using plenty of film language. 1. “People like us have no choice but to be troublemakers.” What

motivates Eddie Mabo’s fight for land rights?

2. ‘Mabo is more than just a story about one man’s fight for land rights.’

Discuss.

3. ‘Mabo explores the relationship between characters and the

environment.’ Discuss.

4. In the film Mabo, Australia is depicted as a racist and divided society.

Discuss. 5 "Racism is not the only thing the Eddie Mabo faces in Mabo" Discuss

=__Notes from Lessons__=

- this is the intro only. Family Essay file is a bit of a mess - lots of useful phrases and some half written intros.