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Works related to this work
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form
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Croker Island Exodus
( dir. Steven McGregor
)
Australia
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Tamarind Tree Pictures
,
2012
Z1877377
2012
single work
film/TV
'When the Japanese bombed Darwin in 1942, 95 Aboriginal children from the Stolen Generation, along with their missionary carers, were trapped on Croker Island, 200 kilometres off the Northern Territory coast. Their only route to safety was by boat to Barclay Point, then across Arnhem Land by foot, canoe and truck. They reached their final destination, a Methodist farm just south of Sydney, 44 days and almost 5000 kilometres later. Seventy years on, the now-elderly travellers look back on their epic journey and fractured childhoods.'
Source: Production website http://www.crokerislandexodus.com.au/ (Sighted 22/03/2013)
Subjects:
- Croker Island Mission (1940 - 1968), Croker Island, West Arnhem Land, Arnhem Land, Top End, Northern Territory,
- Northern Territory,
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- ca. 1942
