NAIDOC Week at TMAG

As part of NAIDOC week 2025, TMAG looks to honour and elevate Aboriginal voices, culture, and resilience with a special lunchtime screening of films that speak to the legacy of Tasmanian Aboriginal Ancestors and the strength of today’s Community.

• Land Bridge (Wind & Sky Productions, 2024) tells the Cultural story of Bass Strait and the significance of the last Ice Age when land bridge between Lutruwita/ Tasmania and mainland Australia closed.
  
  ‘The land bridge is special to our people. It is still there, as it always has been. Our people walked, lived, birthed on that Country. A lot of our cultural artefacts, our old ways of living, are still down under there, on the sea floor. The Palawa are proud to share this significant story to Australian audiences.’ - Fiona Maher, Palawa woman and Pakana Sea Country Ranger, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre

• Sea Country (Great Southern Reef Film, 2023) explores the personal connection of four Palawa people as they reflect on their personal and community connection to Sea Country.
  
  ‘Our island home is shaped by the coastline, yet our connections to Country extends beyond these shores. We recognise Sea Country as belonging to Tasmanian Aboriginal women, who have carefully and sustainably managed our marine environments for thousands of generations’. - Dean, Vicki, Rob and Madie from “Sea Country”.

• kanalaritja - An Unbroken String(Roar Film 2017) tells the story of Tasmanian Aboriginal shell stringing, a story of survival and resilience.
  
  The film documents the groundbreaking exhibition that for the first time brought together historic necklaces and images, works from the Furneaux Islands and contemporary works from a new wave of shell stringers, celebrating hundreds of generations of cultural practice and tradition. The film is dedicated to the strong Tasmanian Aboriginal women who, against all odds, ensured the cultural practice of shell stringing survived.

Daily Screenings

Time: 12:30pm to 1:30pm

Dates: 8 July to 13 July

Where: Central Gallery - Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

Cost: FREE entry

Patron Advice: As part of our NAIDOC Week film screening, we advise that this presentation contains images, voices, and names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have passed away.

We honour the enduring legacy of Tasmanian Aboriginal Elders, their Communities, and the strength of continuing culture in Lutruwita (Tasmania).