The Last of the Nomads (1997)

ALL 01/07/1997 (en) Documentary, History 52 Min
  • Release
    01/07/1997
  • Production
    Mask Productions, Wildfilm Australia
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Last of the Nomads
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Australia, Aboriginal, Nomad

Overview

Like an antipodean version of Romeo and Juliet, it emerges that Warri and Yatungka became the last nomads because they had married outside their tribal laws and eloped to the most inaccessible of regions. In 1977 the land was stricken by a severe drought and their tribal elders mounted a search for them with the help of a party of white men led by Dr Bill Peasley and one of their own number, a childhood friend named Mudjon. The film takes Dr Peasley back into the desert to relive his momentous journey with Mudjon and culminates with poignant archival footage of the elderly couple found naked and starving.

  1. Mathew Kelley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor



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  1. Dene Irvin

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The Last of the Nomads (1997) 52 Min

ALL 01/07/1997 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 01/07/1997
  • Production
    Mask Productions, Wildfilm Australia
  • Original title The Last of the Nomads
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Australia, Aboriginal, Nomad

Overview

Like an antipodean version of Romeo and Juliet, it emerges that Warri and Yatungka became the last nomads because they had married outside their tribal laws and eloped to the most inaccessible of regions. In 1977 the land was stricken by a severe drought and their tribal elders mounted a search for them with the help of a party of white men led by Dr Bill Peasley and one of their own number, a childhood friend named Mudjon. The film takes Dr Peasley back into the desert to relive his momentous journey with Mudjon and culminates with poignant archival footage of the elderly couple found naked and starving.

  1. Mathew Kelley

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Peter Du Cane, Samantha Kelley

    Producer