Message Stick – Bill’s Wake
Clip 2: Ten sticks, ten goose
1 min 58 sec
Taken from the TV program Message Stick – Bill’s Wake (2001)
Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G
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Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
Traditional owner of Kakadu, Bill Neidjie, talks to us about growing up in Kakadu. Children are shown how to get bush tucker food.
Curator’s notes
This sequence effectively captures Bill Neidjie’s affection for, and deep knowledge of, the land. He remembers his own youth with his grandfather, underscored by the cut-in material of him teaching a new generation of children who are clearly captivated by him and what he has to show them.
Romaine Moreton, curator
