Historical information
This disc was a project supported by the Festival of the Dreaming, a festival leading up to the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Significance
This disc is a significant research tool as it contains contemporary film of the early indigenous people of Australia.
Physical description
A video disc titled, The Dreaming Reels. it is a compilation of scenes from the Hadden expedition to the Torres Strait in 1898, Lake Tyers settlement, Northwest Scientific Exploration in the Kimberleys, the aboriginal camp at Orbost in 1921, the Douglas Wylie Expedition in 1926, Princess Charlotte Bay 1926-1927 and McRobertson's Expedition. It also contains footage from several Australian films depicting Aborigines.
