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Issue Details: First known date: 1928... 1928 The Birth of White Australia
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According to contemporary newspapers, the film covered 'the remarkable romantic incidents in early Australian history, which followed the Hamilton-Hume expedition, the discovery and settlement of Port Phillip, the roaring days of Lambing Flat, the bushranging era and the riots against the Chinese, which culminated in the declaration of the 'White Australia' policy.'

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'News of Our Neighbours', Cootamundra Herald, 22 February 1927, p.2 (via Trove Australia).

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How Dixie Waltzed with Matilda : The Influence on Australia of Cinematic Images of the South Bruce Dennett , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Mississippi Quarterly , Summer vol. 63 no. 3/4 2010; (p. 493-509)
Argues that 'Hollywood's images of docile African American slaves served as a model for the depiction of Indigenous Australians in feature films because they sustained Australia's academic and social debates about the founding of white Australia.' (p.493)
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