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Coniston

The mass slaughter of Aboriginal people that started at Coniston station in Central Australia in the harsh drought of 1928 became known as "the last massacre". For some that epithet can be read as a convenient full stop on the frontier violence that raged soon after the arrival of the First Fleet. The Warlpiri and their neighbours never saw it that way. The events of those two months left a bloody stain on their country that will never be erased. The random killing of their countrymen - officially 31 people but widely considered to be many more - is a painful enough legacy in itself, but these times were tumultuous for another reason. This period also marks the transition from a traditional way of life on their lands to the unhappy experience of government settlements.

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  • "More than 80 years after the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people in Central Australia, their descendants relate their story. Known as 'the last massacre', expeditions set out in 1928 to mow down innocent people across the traditional lands of the Warlpiri people and their neighbours to avenge the killing of dingo trapper Fred Brooks at the hands of a Warlpiri man, Bullfrog, for taking liberties with Brook's wife."
  • "The mass slaughter of Aboriginal people that started at Coniston station in Central Australia in the harsh drought of 1928 became known as "the last massacre". For some that epithet can be read as a convenient full stop on the frontier violence that raged soon after the arrival of the First Fleet. The Warlpiri and their neighbours never saw it that way. The events of those two months left a bloody stain on their country that will never be erased. The random killing of their countrymen - officially 31 people but widely considered to be many more - is a painful enough legacy in itself, but these times were tumultuous for another reason. This period also marks the transition from a traditional way of life on their lands to the unhappy experience of government settlements."@en
  • "Known as the last massacre, Coniston saw the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people across traditional lands of Central Australia from August 1928. Using their acclaimed hybrid docu-drama approach to film-making, directors David Batty and Francis Jupurrurla Kelly (Bush Mechanics) allow Indigenous people to speak with authority about their own recent history and the deep shadow it cast over their country."
  • ""Known as "the last massacre", Coniston saw the brutal slaughter of 100 or more Aboriginal people across traditional lands of Central Australia from August 1928. The motive was to avenge the killing of dingo trapper Fred Brooks at the hands of a Warlpiri man, Bullfrog, who found Brooks taking liberties with his wife. But as the Walpiri people and their neighbours tell the story in Coniston, it's also the tragic tale of Australian contact history: dispossession by pastoralists and the struggle over resources in a drought-afflicted land. Using their acclaimed hybrid docu-drama approach to film-making, directors David Batty and Francis Jupurrurla Kelly (Bush Mechanics) allow Indigenous people to speak with authority about their own recent history and the deep shadow it cast over their country"--Container."

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  • "Documentary films"@en
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  • "History"
  • "Historical films"
  • "Drama"

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