Showreel

October 12, 2024

One Mind, One Heart

One Mind. One Heart. One Soul.

The extraordinary story of the Yirrkala Bark petitions that sparked the flame towards recognition of Aboriginal rights. In August 1963, bark petitions – traditional documents prepared and signed by Yolngu people – were sent to the Australian parliament and became the first documentary recognition of Indigenous people in Australian law.

Two sit in Parliament House, one is in the National Museum of Australia. When a fourth bark petition is located in Derby, Western Australia in 2022, the community begin the ceremony of guiding its journey back to Yolngu Country. The repatriation provides the opportunity to track the long political campaign — through petition, song, dance, campaigning — to keep culture strong and to have a voice for country.

Produced by Pursekey Productions