Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Resources

This LibGuide provides a starting point for finding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander library materials, resources and subject guides

Film and Video

The Australian Dream (Documentary)
The remarkable story of Indigenous AFL legend Adam Goodes. Through the backdrop of Goodes' journey, the feature documentary explores race, identity and belonging in Australia today.
Jedda (Feature Film)
Charles Chauvel's landmark 1955 film Jedda is an Australian cinema classic. Exploring a complex story of cultural identity, set against the harsh natural surrounds of outback Northern Territory, Jedda captures a rare and honest glimpse into the heart and history of indigenous Australia.
Rabbit Proof Fence (Feature Film)
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a journey across the Outback.
Lousy Little Sixpence (Documentary)
In the mid-1930s, the Aboriginal people began to organise, and to fight the Aborigines Protection Board. Through old newsreels, archive film, photographs and interviews with Elders, the film weaves a moving account of a hidden history, the early struggle for Aboriginal land rights and self-determination.
Utopia (Documentary)
Utopia is an epic production by the Emmy and Bafta winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia draws on people and places Pilger filmed 28 years ago during his long association with the Indigenous people of his homeland.
Wrong Side Of The Road (Feature Film)
What's it like to be young and black in Australia? Wrong Side of the Road introduces two black, rock reggae bands - No Fixed Address (the band that came together in 1979 at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music (CASM)), and Us Mob - and follows them through two days on the road.
Maralinga Tjarutja (Documentary)
The Maralinga people survive aggressive colonisation, including dispossession to enable atomic testing, and through their tenacious spirit and cultural strength fight to retain their country.
Ten Canoes (Feature Film)
Ten Canoes is a ground-breaking glimpse into aboriginal life centuries before European settlement.
Occupation: Native (Documentary)
In Occupation: Native, Aboriginal filmmaker Trisha Morton-Thomas, bites back at Australian history.
Kanopy
Feature films and documentaries about Indigenous Australian people, culture, politics and life.

Searching for Australian and Indigenous films and documentaries in Kanopy

*Please be aware that access will be limited to what the library has already purchased and the new purchase of single titles for teaching and research purposes only. Some titles may not be available.

To find Australian and Indigenous material in Kanopy:

Navigate to Kanopy through Library Search
Use the 'Browse' drop-down menu to find the 'Indigenous Peoples of Australia' catalogue
Scroll down the Indigenous Studies page to find the Indigenous Peoples of Australia category to view the catalogue of films and documentaries