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Croker Island Exodus
- Year of completion
- 2012
- Content type
- Documentary
- Format
- Short
- Genre
- History
- Duration
- 56 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
April 1942. As Japanese fighter planes mount bombing raids on essential services, the women and children of Darwin are evacuated. On Croker Island 95 Aboriginal children are living under the care of three missionary women, the Superintendent and his wife. Through the long wet they wait too, for government evacuation. But it doesn’t come. So the missionaries and the children embark on an exodus across the Australian continent. This is their story, in their own words – a heroic and untold journey.
Cast and Crew
Director
Steven McGregorScreen Australia Supported
Production
Development
Screenings
2013 — Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival
2012 — The Sydney Film Festival
Sales
Australian Sales
International Sales
ABC Content SalesProduction Company
Tamarind Tree Pictures Pty LtdPhotography
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