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Australia's Aborigines

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Australia's Aborigines

1988

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Overview

Shows the Kakadu lands in Northern Australia and the people who live there, the Gagudju Aborigines, their story and their culture.

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National Geographic

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Richard Kiley

Richard Kiley

Narrator

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