Movies: Dick Roughsey

A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the significance of this being within Aboriginal traditions....

How the writer-artist team, Percy Trezise and Dick Roughsey came to produce their brilliant award-winning picture book series based on the Aboriginal legends of Cape York....

"Lurugu" is the name of an initiation ceremony that had almost died out on Mornington Island after mission contact during World War One. This film records the community's efforts to revive the ceremony after a lapse of 14 years....