AACAI WA & ASWA Documentary Screening of How the West Was Lost (followed by Panel Discussion)
Event description
The Australian Association of Consulting Archaeologists Inc. (AACAI) WA Chapter and the Anthropological Society of WA (ASWA), in collaboration with the ‘Remembering the 1946 Pilbara Strike’ working group, are pleased to host a screening of the 1987 documentary by David Noakes, How the West Was Lost, followed by a Panel Discussion on the film's theme, the 1946 Aboriginal Pastoral Workers' Strike in the Pilbara.
Event details as follows:
Date: Wednesday 11 May 2022
Start Time: 6pm
Estimated Finish Time: 8.30pm
Where: The Left Bank, 15 Riverside Road, East Fremantle - upstairs at The River Bar
Entry Fees (includes pizzas):
ASWA/AACAI Member: $10
Student: $10
General: $15
****Update on schedule of evening event and Panel as follows:
6pm event starts
6:10 Short intro to film by Steve Morgan, mentioning aims/activities of Pilbara Strike Working Group
6:15 Film starts
7:15 Film finishes; short break for food and drinks
7:30 Panel discussion MC-ed by Stephen Bennetts
Panel details:
- Rose Murray: Nyangumarta artist & educator, co-founder of Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre, Port Hedland
- Michelle Broun: Curtin Art Gallery curator and Yindjibarndi woman; worked as curator with Aboriginal communities all over WA on the new WA Museum exhibition
- Paul Roberts: film maker and principal of Strelley School (1979-1982); co-writer with Don McLeod of the book How the West Was Lost; producer of the documentary shown on the night
- Nick Everett: historian and activist; his Masters thesis on Human Rights discusses the role of the Communist Party in the Pilbara Strike and the struggle for Aboriginal rights
Panel includes general open discussion until around 8:15
More info on the Pilbara Pastoral Strike here: