Doitborke
- Studio
- Aboriginal Nations Pty Ltd.
- Distributor
- Laughing Zebras
Synopsis
A story about how fire was first discovered.
Credits
Voices
- Voice
- Aunty Joy Murphy (Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Ben Chase
Crew
- Sound Design
- Ben Chase
Production notes
This story of Doitborke told by Joy Murphy and originally told by her Great Great Uncle William Barak who is regarded as the last Headman of the Yarra Yarra people in Victoria. This story comes from the Wurundjeri clan of the Woiworung people. Their country takes in the land around the Yarra River near Healesville, approximately 60 km from Melbourne, Victoria. Doitborke was the Yarra people's name for fire.
This TV series consists of 91 episodes.
Over 1,000 schools across Australia purchased educational kits based on the first 39 episodes.
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This TV series consists of 91 episodes.
Over 1,000 schools across Australia purchased educational kits based on the first 39 episodes.
A children's animation series, The Dreaming tells of the journeys and the deeds of Spirit ancestors who made the trees, rocks, waterholes, rivers, mountains and stars, as well as the animals and plants, and whose spirits inhabit these features of the natural world today. The Dreaming stories have been passed down through thousands of years and have continued to tell Aboriginal people how they should behave, what is good and bad, and the history of their environment.