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"We just thought this is incredible. Naturally we checked that this is credible, nothing sinister. It certainly seems like an amazing case of survival"
(Millar, 2006)
Australian media representations of Indigenous Australians have generated a stereotype emphasizing negative behaviours and often exclude Indigenous Australians from the media completely.
Beaconsfield Mine collapse 25 April 2006
Rescued 9 May 2006
Islanders great escape 17 April 2006
Rescued 9 May 2006
"We've got people everywhere. We can't move in this bloody joint. We've got rescuers, journalists, photographers. It's only a country pub. And we've got permanent miners [who] live here too." (The Sydney Morning Herald, 2006)
"The event put Beaconsfield on the map, where the Beaconsfield Mine Heritage Centre features a reconstruction of the mine collapse site. Tourism to the township has increased to 40,000 visits a year since the rescue." (Young, 2013)
Presented by:
Trent Bennier
Greg Molloy
Brandon Sommerville
Emma Longworth-Baker
(Beaconsfield mine 2011)
The disturbing evidence came from Dennis Colson, a senior elder at the front line of treating the petrol-sniffing epidemic ravaging South Australia's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yunkantjatjara Lands. "They are finding ways of getting around the Opal," Mr Colson told the Senate inquiry into petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal communities.
• Indigenous art is a national treasure to Australia
• Develop a relationship of respect with the artist
• Indigenous-controlled art centres and art dealers registered with the Indigenous Australian Art Commercial Code of Conduct
• Cheap knock offs from Asia sold as Indigenous work
Directed:
Clinton Childs
Ralph P. King
Linus J. Wilson
Paul Withington
Narrated:
Lowell Thomas
Opal fuel, which lacks the aromatics that give sniffers their high, has been distributed across 52 Central Australian communities since it was introduced in February last year. The fuel is used in Aboriginal-controlled communities on the APY Lands, and is available from nearby roadhouses.
A federal parliamentary inquiry heard yesterday that addicts were also placing paint in wine cask bladders and adding aerosol fragrance spray in their search for a replacement inhalant to petrol.
Blair, Wayne 2012
(Childs, King, Wilson and Withington 1931)
Arts Law Centre of Australia on 21st December .2011. http://www.artslaw.com.au/case-studies/entry/respect-and-protect-indigenous-
art-and-culture/#sthash.jn0ra6oK.dpuf
Beaconsfield mine. 2011. The Beaconsfield mine collapse. Mining Australia. http://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/beaconsfield-
mine-disaster-the-movie
Blight, Rosemary and Wayne Blair. The Sapphires. Directed by Wayne Blair. (Chippendale, N.S.W. : Hopscotch Entertainment, 2012), DVD.
Bockmann, Michelle Wiese. 2006. "Blacks Find Ways to Get High." The Australian. May 17 2006 (6).
http://mepnotes.blogspot.com.au/2006/05/blacks-find-ways-to-get-high.html
Gibson, Jano. 2006. "Shove comes to push with the media." Sydney Morning Herald, May 3
Millar, Lisa. 2006. "Islanders Great escape." The World Today, May 10
Online Hate Prevention Institution on 27th January. 2014. http://ohpi.org.au/briefing-aboriginal-memes-2014/
Stratton, Jon. 2006. "Two rescues, one history: everyday racism in Australia. Social Identities." Journal for the
Study of Race, Nation and Culture. 12 (6): 657-681 doi:10.1080/13504630601030867
Withington, Paul. The Blonde Captive. DVD. Directed by Clinton Childs, Ralph P. King, Linus J. Wilson, and Paul Withington. USA, IDC 1931
Young, Karen. 2013. "On this day: Beaconsfield miners rescued." Australian Geographic ,May 9