Thomson of Arnhem Land

Thomson of Arnhem Land

Actors:  Anni Finsterer, Peter Bain-Hogg, Robert Menzies Directors:  John Moore

In the 1930s tensions between the government and the Indigenous peoples of Australia's north were on a knife-edge. Donald Thomson, an anthropologist, volunteered to go to Arnhem Land to make peace. For over two years, he lived with the Aboriginal people, forging strong bonds, learning and recording their way of life. His report to the government...