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Collection title

Desert HeartGuide to the moving image recordings from the production of

Desert Heart

by

David Batty, 2008

Prepared March 2012 by ABLast updated October 23, 2015

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ACCESS

Availability of copies

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Restrictions on viewing

The collection is open for viewing on the AIATSIS premises

Restrictions on use

The collection may only be copied or published with permission from AIATSIS.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

Date: 2008

Extent:33 videocassettes (Mini DV) (23 hr. 37 min.) : sd., col.

1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (27 min.) : sd., col.

3 electronic discs (DVDs) (27 min. each) :sd., col.

Production history

Made as a half hour television documentary, Desert Heart follows the Yulparija artist's trip from their home in Bidyadanga to their country in the desert in 2008. The original camera rushes were donated along with the finished product as a cultural gift in 2009, including copyright.

The Yulparija artists are famous for their salt-water palette and their desert subject matter, for although they live by the sea they walked out of the desert 40 years earlier and still consider themselves desert people. The young artist Daniel Walbidi had been painting the desert for years before taking this trip to see the desert heart for the first time.

RELATED MATERIAL

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Camera tape durations; promotional flyer; synopsis; director's statement; Yulparija artists

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background information; selection of published articles; atom study guide; log of camera tape rushes; post production script; interview transcripts and translations.

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ARCHIVIST'S NOTE

This finding aid was compiled from information contained in documentation provided by David Batty and audition sheets prepared by AIATSIS staff.

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ITEM LIST

AIATSIS item number

Description

V09290_1

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Camera rushes including interviews for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Emily Rohr and David Batty

V09290_2

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Emily Rohr, Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi and David Batty

V09290_3

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Donald Moko, Kathleen, Daniel Walbidi and Meridoo Walbidi

V09290_4

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi, Donald Moko, Terence Jack, Emily Rohr, Mukki Taylor, Weaver Jack, Linda and David Batty

V09290_5

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Waldbidi, David Batty, Donald Moko and Mukki Taylor

V09290_6

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DAC0000246_0006

Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Weaver Jack, Meridoo Walbidi and David Batty

V09290_7

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Weaver Jack, Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr,Meridoo Walbidi and Caroline

V09290_8

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi. Weaver Jack, Alma Webu,Meridoo Walbidi and Emily Rohr

V09290_9

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Meridoo Walbidi, Terence Jack, Donald Moko, Mukki Taylor and Wokka Taylor

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Description

V09290_10

DPM0000246_0010

DAC0000246_0010

Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor, David Battyand Daniel Walbidi

V09290_11

DPM0000246_0011

DAC0000246_0011

Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Harry Bullen, Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor, Emily Rohr, David Batty, Weaver Jack and Daniel Walbidi

V09290_12

DPM0000246_0012

DAC0000246_0012

Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Wokka Taylor, Weaver Jack, Terence Jack and Emily Rohr

V09290_13

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Mukki Taylor, Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi, Weaver Jack, Terence Jack and David Batty

V09290_14

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Weaver Jack, David Batty, Daniel Walbidiand Emily Rohr

V09290_15

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi and Terence Jack

V09290_16

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Alma Webu, Carol, Meridoo Walbidi and Weaver Jack

V09290_17

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi

V09290_18

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Terence Jack, David Battyand Jeni McMahon

V09290_19

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Terence Jack, Daniel Walbidi, Weaver Jack, Margaret Burugarra, Mary, David Batty and Jeni McMahon

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Description

DAC0000246_0019

V09290_20

DPM0000246_0020

DAC0000246_0020

Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, David Batty and Jeni McMahon

V09290_21

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DAC0000246_0021


V09290_22

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, David Batty, Jeni McMahon and Margaret Burugarra

V09290_23

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, David Batty, Jeni McMahon, Emily Rohr and Weaver Jack

V09290_24

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Margaret Baker and David Batty

V09290_25

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Margaret Baker and David Batty

V09290_26

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V09290_27

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack and David Batty

V09290_28

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Emily Rohr, Jan Billycan and Alma Webu

V09290_29 Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the

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Description

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documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, David Batty and Agnes Walbidi

V09290_30

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Camera rushes from camera two including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Meridoo Walbidi, Donald Moko, Mukki Taylor, Weaver Jack and Spiderman

V09290_31

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Camera rushes from camera two including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Donald Moko, Daniel Walbidi and Meridoo Walbidi

V09290_32

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Weaver Jack, Mary Meribida and Emily Rohr

V09290_33

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Camera rushes including interviews and landscapes for the making of the documentary 'Desert Heart' with Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack,Jeni McMahon and David Batty

V09290_34

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Documentary of Yulparija artist's trip to Wirnpa

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ITEM DESCRIPTIONS

V09290_1

Performer/speaker(s): Emily Rohr, David Batty

Personal subject Daniel Walbidi

Subject keywords: Art - Artists – Men; Art - Artists – Women; Art – Painting; Religion - Dreaming - Creation / Cosmology

Language/people: Yulparija language (A67) (WA SF51-07); Yulparija people (A67) (WA SF51-07)

Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10)

Recording quality: Good

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V09290_1

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00:00:18 Exterior shots and day to day activity at the Short St. Gallery,Broome

2006-2007 Broome, W.A.

00:10:10 An interview of Emily Rohr (Short St. Gallery owner) by David Batty begins with a description of the first time Emily met Daniel Walbidi

00:16:34 Emily talks about Daniel as an artist and his heritage

00:21:37 David asks Emily about Daniel's parents, and she talks about his desert heritage and saltwater home

00:26:37 Emily explains the importance of seeing country, especially for Daniel

00:33:17 The shot moves to the computer where Emily shows pictures of Daniel's paintings

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and discusses them

00:40:40 Emily describes the trip that she and a group of artists are going to take to Wirnpa with Daniel

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V09290_2

Performer/speaker(s): Emily Rohr, Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi, David Batty




Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Percival Lakes (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-07)


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V09290_2

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00:00:15 Emily Rohr introduces the painting trip to Wirnpa about tobe embarked upon by herself and twenty others

2006-2007 Broome, W.A

00:06:11 In Bidyadanga, getting ready togo; Daniel Walbidi is briefly interviewed about where they are going and why it is important

Bidyadanga,W.A.

00:13:05 Daniel's father Meridoo is asked about the trip and why it is important

00:19:27 Shots of vehicles being packed and people getting into cars

00:25:16 Heading off – shots on the roadin Bidyadanga

00:33:36 Driving on red dirt roads

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V09290_3

Performer/speaker(s): Donald Moko, Kathleen, Meridoo Walbidi, Daniel Walbidi





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V09290_3

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00:00:15 Shots of vehicles traveling dirt roads and scenery en route to Wirnpa

2006-2007 Bidyadangasurrounds, W.A.

00:18:47 Stopped for a lunch break; Meridoo introduces his two brothers that are joining them for the journey as guides

Punmu, W.A.

00:26:50 The group gets ready to set off again

00:32:24 Shots on the road

00:34:22 The group comes to a soak; they get out, and Donald Mokoand Kathleen reminisce about drinking from the soak when they were young

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V09290_4

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi, Donald Moko, Terence Jack, Emily Rohr,Mukki Taylor, Weaver Jack, Linda, David Batty





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V09290_4

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00:00:16 Group stopped for the night on the way to Wirnpa

2006-2007 Percival Lakes,W.A.

00:02:19 David Batty asks Daniel Walbidi what has been happening, and Daniel describes the trip so far

00:05:37 Meridoo Walbidi is interviewed by David; he talks about the importance of the trip, and the importance of the jilas they have seen

00:13:10 Donald Moko talks about traveling the country in the area and how they lived

00:17:10 Terence Jack is asked by Davidwhy the trip is important to him; he talks about growing upaway from his family's country

00:20:07 David talks to people about thetrip so far and getting to Wirnpa

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00:26:46 David films the old women in the back of a car; they share some memories

00:32:36 Shots on the road of the landscape and vehicles

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V09290_5

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Waldbidi, David Batty, Donald Moko, Mukki Taylor





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V09290_5

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00:00:17 Vehicles traveling across the desert on red dirt road

2006-2007 Great SandyDesert, W.A.

00:08:58 A car requires work to remove grass stuck underneath

00:11:29 Driving cross-country

00:26:14 The group stops to make camp after traveling all day

00:30:00 Daniel Walbidi reflects on the day in an interview with David Batty

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V09290_6

Performer/speaker(s): Weaver Jack, Meridoo Walbidi, David Batty





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V09290_6

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00:01:34 Meridoo Walbidi talks about arriving in Wirnpa that day


00:03:39 Weaver Jack and the older women talk about Wirnpa and the country that belongs to their family

00:12:16 Traveling and landscape shots

00:19:30 The older women express their excitement about arriving in Wirnpa soon

00:22:30 The vehicles struggle to get over the top of a sand dune, making many attempts

00:37:24 The vehicles make their way around the salt lakes

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V09290_7

Performer/speaker(s): Weaver Jack, Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Meridoo Walbidi, Caroline



Places: Percival Lakes (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-07)


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V09290_7

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00:00:24 Traveling around the salt lakes 2006-2007 Percival Lakes,W. A.

00:04:28 The group arrives at Wirnpa and announce their presence bydragging branches along the ground

00:11:36 Weaver Jack and Meridoo Waldbidi talk about Wirnpa; the group goes walking together around Wirnpa

00:23:46 The next day – the artists beginpainting

00:27:13 Weaver Jack describes what she is painting: a map of sorts of the places they went the previous day

00:36:17 Shots of Caroline and Weaver and what they are painting

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V09290_8

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi. Weaver Jack, Alma Webu, Meridoo Walbidi, Emily Rohr





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V09290_8

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00:00:17 Weaver Jack and Yulaparija artists painting at Wirnpa; Weaver Jack describes what she has painted so far

2006-2007 Percival Lakes,W. A.

00:09:58 Daniel Walbidi begins painting

00:13:04 Weaver finishes her painting and explains the finished product to Emily Rohr

00:16:22 Daniel talks about what he is painting (the Wirnpa jila) as he continues to paint

00:24:14 Daniel explains his colour choices

00:28:33 Weaver describes her next painting as she begins a new canvas

00:34:43 Meridoo Walbidi and others clear a landing space for a helicopter

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V09290_9

Performer/speaker(s): Meridoo Walbidi, Terence Jack, Donald Moko, Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor





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V09290_9

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00:00:15 Meridoo Walbidi, Terence Jackand Mukki Taylor talk about their hopes that their country will remain untouched forever


00:11:12 Interview with Donald Moko, who talks about growing up in Wirnpa

00:21:33 Donald describes the first time he saw a white man

00:27:10 Interview with Mukki in Yulparija; he talks about traveling in the area when he was young

00:32:07 Mukki's brother Wokka Taylor joins him; they talk about their families and how they moved around

00:39:49 Mukki describes what he used to eat

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V09290_10

Performer/speaker(s): Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor, David Batty, Daniel Walbidi





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V09290_10

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00:00:59 Interview with Mukki and Wokka Taylor; they talk about being the last two brothers left in country when everyone else had left


00:07:37 Mukki and Wokka talk about the places people went to live

00:12:42 They describe seeing their families at Anna Plains but returning to the desert because they were afraid

00:17:38 The two brothers talk about an anthropologist, Bob Tonkinson,who picked them up

00:22:55 They discuss what year they went out of the desert, perhaps 1974

00:29:27 Ladies painting at the camp in Wirnpa; various shots around camp

00:34:00 A helicopter arrives with HarryBullen, an elderly Aboriginal man

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V09290_11

Performer/speaker(s): Harry Bullen, Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor, Emily Rohr, David Batty, Weaver Jack, Daniel Walbidi





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V09290_11

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00:00:14 Harry Bullen and a small groupwalk to the Wirnpa jila, makingtheir presence known by dragging branches


00:03:30 Harry talks about Wirnpa and the Wirnpa jila

00:05:04 The group walks over to the salt lake where Harry points out landmarks

00:08:43 Emily Rohr sits with a small group talking about the helicopter fuel situation and how that limits their travel opportunities over country

00:12:25 Yulparija artists painting at the camp

00:18:45 Daniel Walbidi explains the subject matter of one of his paintings

00:20:09 Shots of the salt lake and the sunset

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V09290_12

Performer/speaker(s): Wokka Taylor, Weaver Jack, Terence Jack, Emily Rohr





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V09290_12

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00:00:14 Weaver Jack, Terence Jack and Wokka Taylor get in to the helicopter to travel to Lungarung


00:12:03 They get out at Lungarung; Weaver tells stories about where she used to play when she was growing up

00:19:20 Weaver and Wokka talk about where they traveled and where they lost relatives

00:28:24 Terence describes how it feels to finally see his grandmother'scountry

00:31:18 Wokka finds a jila and calls thegroup over; Weaver cries for her country

00:35:56 Weaver says that she can stop worrying for her country and be happy now

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V09290_13

Performer/speaker(s): Mukki Taylor, Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi, Weaver Jack, Terence Jack, David Batty





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V09290_13

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00:00:20 Aerial shots from a helicopter around Wirnpa and Lungarung


00:11:27 Weaver Jack painting at Wirnpa; she describes her painting which is of her trip to Lungarung

00:18:54 Ladies painting at Wirnpa

00:22:33 Weaver is interviewed about walking around in the desert byDavid Batty

00:28:37 Weaver talks about the work that women would do when she was a girl

00:33:26 David asks questions about living in Bidyadanga; Weaver says she was happy there

00:37:26 Weaver talks about why she started to paint

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V09290_14

Performer/speaker(s): Weaver Jack, David Batty, Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr





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V09290_14

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00:00:15 Weaver Jack is interviewed by David Batty; she talks about how worried she had been for her country


00:07:35 Daniel Walbidi is interviewed by David about where he gets his inspiration from for his painting

00:14:51 David asks what Daniel's ambition is; Daniel talks about helping Aboriginal people

00:16:26 Emily Rohr is interviewed by David about how she thinks theold people have been feeling

00:26:30 David asks Emily how she thinks the trip has affected Daniel

00:33:38 Shots of people around the camp; shots of a jila and a salt lake

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V09290_15

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi





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V09290_15

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00:00:14 Terence Jack and another Aboriginal man walk around Wirnpa; shots around camp at Wirnpa


00:09:43 Driving across the desert and around salt lakes

00:21:50 Filming a thorny devil

00:29:03 Recording a voice over with Daniel Walbidi about mountainbread

00:30:35 Shots of a windmill and scenery

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V09290_16

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Alma Webu, Carol, Meridoo Walbidi, Weaver Jack



Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Wupipi / Broome (WA West Kimberley SE51-06


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V09290_16

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00:00:18 Alma Webu, Carol and WeaverJack paint outside Short St. Gallery

2006-2007 Broome, W.A.

00:06:43 Weaver Jack describes what she is painting

00:12:30 Interview with Emily Rohr begins; she explains how the Bidyadanga art movement started

00:17:03 Emily describes the 'Bidyadanga palette'

00:27:06 Emily talks about desert artwork

00:31:03 David Batty asks what the Yulparija artists actually paint; Emily discusses their commitment to painting landscape

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V09290_17

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi






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V09290_17

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00:00:15 Daniel Walbidi and his family get in the car to go fishing at the beach

2006-2007 Bidyadanga,W.A.

00:12:11 Daniel and the adults begin reel fishing as the children playin the beach

00:16:59 Daniel catches a stingray and reels it in

00:25:44 Daniel speaks about growing up at the beach, but points out that he is not a traditional owner of the area

00:29:55 Daniel explains that his family left the desert 40 years previously

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V09290_18

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Terence Jack, David Batty, Jeni McMahon





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V09290_18

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00:00:24 Daniel Walbidi is being interviewed by David Batty and Jeni McMahon, and says that his family are coastal people with desert hearts


00:06:48 Shots of adults fishing and children swimming

00:09:12 The interview with Daniel continues; he talks about the way the coast inspires his painting

00:13:55 Pans of beach and sky

00:21:30 The family sits down to prepare and eat lunch; Terence Jack introduces himself for the camera

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V09290_19

Performer/speaker(s): Terence Jack, Daniel Walbidi, Weaver Jack, Margaret Burugarra, Mary, David Batty, Jeni McMahon





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V09290_19

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00:00:14 Terence Jack is interviewed by Jeni McMahon at the beach; heexplains where he is from and the trip he is embarking on to see his grandmother's country


00:09:01 Terence describes what he knows about his family walking out of the desert 40 years previously

00:16:31 Daniel Walbidi talks about the trip, and introduces Terence forthe camera

00:19:49 Daniel goes to the Aged Care Centre in Bidyadanga and introduces the Yulaparija artsists there. He describes howthey started painting

00:28:47 Weaver Jack talks about her country, Lungarung

00:33:45 Weaver talks to Daniel about family and country

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V09290_20

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, David Batty, Jeni McMahon






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V09290_20

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00:00:25 Shots around Bidyadanga, including Daniel Walbidi's house


00:09:55 Jeni McMahon and David Batty interview Daniel about how he became interested in painting; he describes how he started and then the old people became involved

00:22:17 Daniel talks about the knowledge of country being revived through painting, and Wirnpa himself

00:27:30 Daniel talks about painting techniques

00:35:46 Daniel describes Weaver Jack'srole in the painting community

00:39:09 Daniel says he has maintained his identity but would call himself a contemporary Aborigine

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V09290_21

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00:00:18 Daniel Walbidi makes various statement for voiceovers, describing the importance of Wirnpa


00:08:44 Daniel talks about the importance of returning to country for the old people

00:11:15 Daniel describes how the Yulparija people made their presence known by dragging branches on the ground when they arrived at Wirnpa

00:19:45 Shots of Bidyadanga

00:35:38 Daniel at his home; Daniel states his name, age and occupation for the camera

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V09290_22

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, David Batty, Jeni McMahon, Margaret Burugarra

Personal subject: Daniel Walbidi





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V09290_22

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00:00:20 Shots around Bidyadanga, in town and at the beach


00:09:50 Footage of people fishing at the beach, including Margaret Burugarra

00:27:14 Daniel Walbidi is filmed painting outside his house

00:30:50 An interview begins of Daniel Walbidi by Jeni McMahon; he talks about his painting technique

00:35:00 Daniel talks about his exhibitions, and people's responses to his paintings

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V09290_23

Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, David Batty, Jeni McMahon, Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack






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V09290_23

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00:00:17 Daniel Walbidi is interviewed by David Batty and Jeni McMahon outside his house; he talks about an upcoming tripto London, and how he uses the money that he earns to helpthe community


00:05:03 Daniel talks about what the Yulparija artists paint, and howthey perceive the land that theyare painting differently to white people

00:11:25 Daniel is filmed painting, and explains the subject matter

00:18:21 Daniel talks about his trip to London, and his desire to explain Yulaparija artwork abroad; he talks about perceptions of Aboriginal people abroad

00:26:02 Footage of the beach

00:39:25 Emily Rohr takes a group of tourists through the Short St. Gallery as Yulparija artists

Broome, W.A.

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Performer/speaker(s): Margaret Baker, David Batty



Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Wagga Wagga (SW NSW SI55-15), 2006-2007


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00:00:18 Shots residential areas and streets

2006-2007 Wagga Wagga,N.S.W.

00:08:44 Interview with Margaret Baker by David Batty begins; she describes how she came to work in Bidyadanga as a nurse in 1963

00:12:12 Margaret describes Bidyadangawhen she arrived there

00:16:56 Margaret recounts how the Joanna Springs mob came in the from the desert; she was part of the group that picked them up

00:25:25 Margaret describes what they were wearing and how they reacted when they got to Bidyadanga

00:30:08 Margaret talks about their health

00:39:26 Margaret describes how things had changed in Bidyadanga

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Performer/speaker(s): Margaret Baker, David Batty



Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Wagga Wagga (SW NSW SI55-15), 2006-2007


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00:00:32 David Batty asks Margaret Baker to describe her life in Bidyadanga; she talks about how she got on with the Aboriginal people

2006-2007 Wagga Wagga,N.S.W.

00:07:17 Margaret talks about miraculous recoveries from snakebite and sickness; she says that life was tough there

00:12:08 Margaret describes how the Aboriginal people on the mission took to Catholicism

00:20:35 David asks if the Aboriginal people on the mission retained their ceremonial life; Margaret talks about corroborees

00:27:42 Margaret says she doesn't thinkthey will ever really assimilate

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Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05), 2006-2007


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00:00:16 Shots of exhibition by Daniel Walbidi in the William Mora Gallery, Melbourne

2006-2007 Melbourne, Vic.

00:10:53 Interview of Daniel by David Batty begins; Daniel introduceshimself and where he is from

00:17:23 Daniel talks about why he paints his father's country, and the responsibility he feels to keep the stories alive

00:24:02 Daniel explains the concept of jila, and the way that artists depict jilas

00:29:24 Daniel talks about Aboriginal perception of land, and his ideaof 'my country'

00:34:50 Daniel points out the importance of young people painting, and talks about the opportunities is has provided him

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Performer/speaker(s): Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack, David Batty





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00:00:18 Tourists are shown around Short St. Gallery by Emily Rohr; she explains the trip that the Yulparija artists took to Wirnpa

2006-2007 Broome, W.A.

00:06:51 Emily explains the art and what it represents; she recountsthe events that led to the Yulparija people walking out ofthe desert 50 years previously

00:09:16 Emily shows paintings and explains the work of Weaver Jack, Alma Webu, Jan Billycanand Daniel Walbidi

00:18:02 Emily answers questions about Aboriginal law, artistic styles and healers

00:21:42 The tourists buy paintings

00:32:10 David Batty asks some of the tourists what they like about the paintings; they talk about originality and the colours

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Performer/speaker(s): Emily Rohr, Jan Billycan, Alma Webu





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00:00:19 Jan Billycan and Alma Webu painting at the Short St Gallery

2006-2007 Broome, W.A

00:02:48 Ten different paintings are hung on the wall at the Short StGallery one by one and filmed

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Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, David Batty, Agnes Walbidi





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00:03:01 Daniel Walbidi at Broome International Airport; he tells David Batty that he is going to London for an exhibition

2006-2007 Broome, W.A.

00:05:30 Daniel's mother and aunties talk about the importance of the trip for Daniel and how proud they are

00:11:22 Emily Rohr talks about the trip,and their hopes that their can explain Aboriginal artwork to the international market

00:14:25 Emily and Daniel board the plane

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Performer/speaker(s): Meridoo Walbidi, Donald Moko, Mukki Taylor, Weaver Jack, Spiderman





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00:02:22 The Yulparija artists are on their way to Wirnpa, traveling across desert country


00:11:35 The group stops to consult maps, with guide Mukki Taylorpointing out the way

00:22:56 The older women including Weaver Jack in the back of a vehicle; they talk amongst themselves in Yulparija

00:39:05 At the Wirnpa jila, the group prepares branches and drag them along the ground to announce their presence to Wirnpa himself

00:42:31 Many of the old people cry for their country that they have returned to

00:53:34 Around the camp; the Yulparijaartists begin painting

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Performer/speaker(s): Donald Moko, Daniel Walbidi, Meridoo Walbidi





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00:00:16 The Yulaparija artists paint at their camp in Wirnpa; artists featured include Donald Moko,Meridoo Walbidi and Daniel Walbidi


00:16:58 A helicopter lands nearby to the camp

00:18:01 Footage of a thorny devil

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Performer/speaker(s): Weaver Jack, Mary Meribida, Emily Rohr



Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)


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00:00:17 Shots of the William Mora Gallery, including the exterior and the exhibition of Yulparija artwork inside

2006-2007 Melbourne, Vic.

00:03:19 Shots of artists Weaver Jack and Mary Meribida in the gallery

00:08:34 Emily Rohr speaking to various people viewing the artwork

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Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack, Jeni McMahon, David Batty



Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Broome map area (WA West Kimberley SE51-06)


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00:00:17 Daniel Walbidi brings a new painting of his father's country to the Short St Gallery to show Emily Rohr; they discuss the painting

2006-2007 Broome, W.A.

00:04:25 Jeni McMahon asks them how they met; Daniel and Emily explain their relationship and describe working with each other

00:11:04 Emily talks about Daniel's artistic process, and about the movement they have created

00:14:50 Weaver Jack painting; she describes her artwork and the trip that she went on to Wirnpa

00:26:17 Daniel shows his new painting to Weaver; he points out features and explains what theyrepresent

00:32:27 Weaver, Daniel and Emily are filmed chatting; Weaver reminisces about a game she used to play in the desert when she was growing up

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Performer/speaker(s): Daniel Walbidi, Emily Rohr, Weaver Jack, Meridoo Walbidi, Mukki Taylor, Wokka Taylor, Terence Jack, Alma Webu, Margaret Burugarra, Mary, Donald Moko, Kathleen Bidell




Places: Bidyadanga / Lagrange (WA West Kimberley SE51-10); Percival Lakes (Great Sandy Desert WA SF51-07); Broome map area (WA West KimberleySE51-06)


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00:00:28 Daniel Walbidi at his home in Bidyadanga and at the beach asa voiceover plays of Daniel introducing himself


00:02:00 Pans of artworks and exhibitions as Daniel describes how he and the Yulparija artistsstarted painting and what they paint

00:06:10 At the Aged Care Facility in Bidyadanga, Weaver Jack talksabout walking out of the desert

00:07:42 Footage of the Yulparija artists traveling to Wirnpa; group members talk about why it is an important trip, and about Wirnpa himself

Percival Lakes,W.A.

00:15:58 The group arrives at Wirnpa and alerts him to their presenceby dragging branches on the ground; many weep when they

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00:18:56 The artists begin painting at camp

00:20:20 Weaver returns to Lungarung, her country, as the last remaining custodian

00:25:18 Daniel reflects on their time away

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