MABO - THE NATIVE TITLE REVOLUTION WEBSITE

A Film Australia Digital Learning production
in association with Tantamount Productions

This EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESOURCE is translated from the award winning CD-ROM, Mabo - The Native Title Revolution, winner of the ATOM, and AIMIA Awards in Australia and a UK BAFTA Interactive Award Finalist.


Producer
ROB WELLINGTON

Executive Producer
ANNA GRIEVE

Project Managers
ANNA KAMASZ
AIDA INNOCENTE

Executive Producer's Assistants
TAMAR ALBECK-RIPKA
ANNA KAMASZ

Consultant Director
TREVOR GRAHAM

Consultant Producer
CRISTINA POZZAN

Technical Consultant
THOMAS ASHELFORD

MABO - THE NATIVE TITLE REVOLUTION CD-ROM

A Film Australia National Interest Program
in association with Buona Notte Productions and Tantamount Productions

Developed and Produced with the assistance of
the Multimedia 21 Fund - Cinemedia

In collaboration with the Aboriginal Research Institute at the University of South Australia. Established as part of the Indigenous Online Network, supported through the financial assistance of Open Learning Australia.

Executive Producers
FRANCO DI CHIERA
MEGAN MCMURCHY
SHARON CONNOLLY

Producers
CRISTINA POZZAN
ROB WELLINGTON

Directors
TREVOR GRAHAM
ROB WELLINGTON

Writers
The Man - TREVOR GRAHAM
Terra Nullius - GARTH NETTHEIM
Mer Culture and History - NONIE SHARP
Native Title - LISA STRELEIN
The Case - JONATHAN KENNA
A History of Land Rights - TIM ROWSE & TREVOR GRAHAM

Script Editor
TREVOR GRAHAM

Voice-over Editor
DAVE LANE

Consultants
BONITA MABO
EDDIE MABO JNR
GARTH NETTHEIM

AVEN NOAH (Torres Strait Islander Media Association)
on behalf of the Murray Island Community

Production Manager
JO WELLINGTON

Art Director/Designer
KIERA POELSMA

Artwork for The Man, Land Rights, Mer & Terra Nullius
MAREE WOOLLEY

Senior Programmer & Database development
BRONWYN LAPHAM

Media Editor/Database management
DANIEL WITTENBERG

Assistants
SUE KYTE
PHILLIP GRAHAM

Music composition/arrangements
ROB WELLINGTON
SEAN KELLY
DANIEL WITTENBERG

Writer-tutorial guide
GARY McHARG

Voice-overs
AARON PEDERSEN
CHRISTINE ANU
BOB MAZA

Voice-over - tutorial guide
SEAN KELLY

Researchers & Production Assistants
LIZ HOYLE
JESSICA MIGOTTO
ROSA HESP
DEBRA ANNEAR

Proof Reader
DANNY CONNOR

FILM AUSTRALIA PRODUCTION UNIT

Business Affairs Manager
PATRICIA L'HUEDE

Production Liaison
KAREN SKEA

Production Accountant
FIONA WHITE

Program Promotions Manager
CEFN RIDOUT

Executive Producer's Assistant
TINA VALENTINE

Facilities
BIG EARS
ISLAND FILMS
LEMAC
SOUNDWAVES

PC Conversion/de-bugging
E-TECH SERVICES
ANDREW PALMER

Accountants
JANINE MORTERJO
JENNY MORONEY
Moneypenny Services

Legals
SHANA LEVINE
Roth Warren

Insurance
TONY GIBBS
HW Woods
Stewart Haig Insurance Brokers

Auditor
DAVID ARUNDEL

With thanks to
ANTAR (Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation)
Australian Film Television and Radio School
Alana Harris
Anita Herle
Chris Brophy & Georgia Tzanakos
Christian Leavesley
Danny Connor
Dinah Johnson
Ellen Connor
Jenny Hocking
Peter Bowen
Rachel Turnseek
Rob Barnham
Ron Day - Chairman, Murray Island
Stephen Shelley
Victoria Hartcupp

MAJOR BOOK EXTRACTS/QUOTES PROVIDED BY
Dr. Anna Shnukal
Bryan Keon-Cohen
Greg McIntyre
Henry Reynolds
John Singe
Noel Loos
Nonie Sharp

ARCHIVAL IMAGES PROVIDED BY
The Mabo Family
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies
Australian War Memorial
Barbara Hocking
Cambridge University Museum, Archeology and Anthropology Department
Film Art Doco Pty Ltd
High Court of Australia
Justice Moynihan
Michael Gallagher
Museum Victoria
National Archives and Records Administration (of America) NARA
National Library of Australia
National Australian Archives/AusInfo
Nabalco
Nonie Sharp
Normandy Mining
Reconciliation Council
Thomson Images courtesy Mrs D.M. Thomson & Museum Victoria
Trevor Graham
United Nations
The University of New Mexico Art Museum
Wellington/Stuart Family
Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd

and many other generous contributors too numerous to mention here

NEWSPAPERS
The Age
The Australian
Courier Mail
Sydney Morning Herald
West Australia

FILM FOOTAGE
ABC TV Archives
Alec Morgan
Australian Film Institute Distribution
Bronwyn Kidd
Film Australia
Film World
James Cook University
Museum Victoria
National Farmers Federation
The National Film and Sound Archive
Ned Lander
Pat Fiske and Graeme Isaac
Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd

MUSIC/AUDIO
AIATSIS
CAAMA
James Cook University
Mills Sisters
Peter Best
SunrizeBand

MAPS
AUSLIG
Creative Access
Dept of Industry, Science and Resources, Canberra
National Native Title Tribunal (Geospatial Unit)

With thanks to the many generous contributors of additional quotes, extracts and images that have made this project possible.

LAND BILONG ISLANDERS - Online Film

37 minutes
The Land Bilong Islanders online film incorporates material from Land Bilong Islanders, 52 minutes, produced by Yarra Bank Films P/L in 1990 and Mabo - Life of an Island Man, 85 minutes, produced by Film Australia in 1997.

Editor
DENISE HASLEM

LAND BILONG ISLANDERS

52 minutes

Land Bilong Islanders was produced by Yarra Bank Films P/L in 1990 for Channel 4 (Britain) and ABC – TV (Australia), with assistance from the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria. The original 16mm film was 54 minutes.

Producers
SHARON CONNOLLY
TREVOR GRAHAM

Director
TREVOR GRAHAM

Cinematographer
JOHN WHITTERON

Sound Recordist/Designer
BRONWYN MURPHY

Editor
KEN SALLOWS

Original Music
Martin Friedel

Narrator
JON FAINE
Writers
SHARON CONNOLLY
TREVOR GRAHAM

Made in conjunction with the Mabo family and the people of Murray Island.

MABO – LIFE OF AN ISLAND MAN

85 minutes

In Memory of JACK WAILU
1936-1996

This film was made between 1989 and 1997 by

Director & Co-producer
TREVOR GRAHAM

Producer and Editor
DENISE HASLEM

Executive Producer
SHARON CONNOLLY

Cinematographer
JOHN WHITTERON

Sound Recordist & Designer
BRONWYN MURPHY

In association with the MABO FAMILY
and THE PEOPLE OF MURRAY ISLAND

Participants
BONITA MABO
EDDIE MABO JNR
GAIL MABO
MARIO MABO
CELUIA MABO
MALITA WEST
DANNY WEST
BRYAN KEON-COHEN
NOEL LOOS
HENRY REYNOLDS
MARGARET REYNOLDS
DONALD WHALEBOAT
FATHER DAVE PASSI
JACK WAILU
JAMES RICE
PAUL SMITH
ERIC WILLMOT

Land Bilong Islanders Participants
JUSTICE MARTIN MOYNIHAN
MARWAR DIPOMA
KABA NOAH
EDDIE KOIKI MABO

Narration Writer
JONATHAN HOLMES

Music composers
DAVID BRIDIE & JOHN PHILLIPS

Sound Mixer
PETER WALKER

Additional Eddie Voice
BOB MAZA

Production Manager
NICKY McGINN

Production Supervisors
IAN ADKINS
FRANK HAINES

Promotions Manager
MICHELLE O'RIORDAN

Camera Assistants
GRANT CAWOOD
JAMES BURKE

Editing Assistant
FELICITY NEALE

Production Accountants
JANETTE GOULD
CAROLYN JOHNSON

Production Assistants
JEANNINE BAKER
JANE MANNING
JULIE ADAMS

TEAME Trainee
SARAH MASON

Sound Mix Facilities
SOUNDWAVES

Additional Cinematography
BRUCE BLACK

Archival Stills Photography
SANDRA IRVINE

Additional Musicians
DAVID ABUISO
CHRIS WILSON
GULUPA GOLKAMA
KEREKA KAU

Sound Transfers
SOUNDFIRM

Optical FX
BRUCE BLAKE
ACME DIGITAL

Titles
OPTICAL & GRAPHIC

Post Production Facilities
FILM AUSTRALIA

Neg Matching
CHRIS ROWELL

Laboratory
MOVIELAB

Grader
KELVIN CRUMPLIN

Kines
DFILM SERVICES

Telecine
FRAME SET & MATCH

Colorist
PETER SIMPSON

Transcripts
CLEVER TYPES

Subtitles
SPEAKING IN TONGUES

PRODUCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF
THE AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

ABC Executive Producer
DASHA ROSS

ARCHIVES
Bonita Mabo Collection
ABC Footage Library
ABC Radio Archives
AIATSIS Special Collections
AIATSIS Photo Library
Australian Bar Association
Channel 10 Townsville
David Bilcock Snr
Film Australia
James Cook University Archives
John Oxley Library
Joan Miles
Maritime Union of Australia
Maureen Fuary
Museum Victoria
The National Film and Sound Archive
National Library of Australia
National Library Mabo Papers
National Library Oral Collection
Noel Loos
Prism Productions
Queensland Railways Historical Collection
SEARCH Foundation
Thomson Images courtesy Mrs D.M. Thomson & Museum Victoria
Trevor Graham
Yarra Bank Films Pty Ltd

The producers wish to thank

THE PEOPLE OF MURRAY ISLAND

BRUCE MOIR
JEREMY BECKETT
NOEL LOOS
NONI SHARP

and

Meb and Addee Salee
Brett and Rita Tyrell
George Kudub, Jackson Wailu, Sam Wailu, Bai Day, Ron Day, Father Gizu, Henry Kabere, Marinda Mabo, John Mabo, Charles Passi, Nicey Sambo, Wilfred Tapau

Martha Ansara, Kirsty Alfredson, Zita Antonius, Kim Batterham, Judy Bell, Karin Calley, Deborah Cass, Ron Castan, Larry Cromwell, June Edwards, John Fletcher, Fina Fichura, Pat Fiske, Wayne Hayes, Pat Kennedy, Barbara Hocking, Andrew Lawrence, Bill Jonas, Ian Kentwell, Ned Lander, Dave Lane, Sir Anthony Mason, Greg McIntyre, Joan Miles, Craig Munro, Noel Pearson, Graham Powell, Libby Price, Zoe Reynolds, Chris Rowell, Ken Sallows, Ron Store, Glenn Schwinghammer, Robert Tickner, Fred Thompson, Margaret White, Gaye Woods, Ray Valdetta

Belgian Garden Cemetery
High Court of Australia
Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission
James Cook University
Mawley's Funeral Service
Melville High School
Queensland Department of Crown Law
Queensland Police Service - Townsville
Royal North Shore Hospital
South Kempsey Primary School
State Library of NSW
Supreme Court of Queensland
Telstra Historical Artifacts
Townsville General Hospital

Additional Music
TRADITIONAL MUSIC OF THE TORRES STRAIT
BY JEREMY BECKETT
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES

BABA WAIN
TABA NABA
THE MILLS SISTERS, FRANGIPANI LAND

KAPE KA TEBTEB
SUNBIRD IDE
TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS MEDIA ASSOCIATION

LAND BILONG ISLANDERS
COMPOSED BY KOIKI MABO AND JACK WAILU


A FILM AUSTRALIA NATIONAL INTEREST PROGRAM