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An Unhealthy Government Experiment

Jandamurra is born on a cattle station in the Kimberley in 1870s. His hybrid life takes a bloody turn when he trades in his status as a police tracker for his own people. Gladys Gilligan is one of more than 50,000 half-caste children plucked from her family and sent to a mission. The Chief Protector of Aborigines, AO Neville, institutionalises her first son, orders her to be arrested, and denies her the right to marry three times, but she remains resolutely independent.

English
  • Originally Aired October 26, 2008
  • Runtime 50 minutes
  • Network SBS
  • Created September 1, 2013 by
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Name Type Role
Beck Cole, Louis Nowra Writer
Beck Cole Director