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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Aboriginal peoplewere the only people in this country ever to be automatically wards of...

Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line • 2024

[children exclaiming] ♪ The children away♪ [Mick] Aboriginal people
were the only people in this country ever to be automatically wards of state at birth
because of law, because their Aboriginality
was perceived as a problem and that had to be expunged

Full Transcript

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[children exclaiming]

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♪ The children away♪

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[Mick] Aboriginal people were the only people

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in this country

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ever to be automatically

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wards of state at birth because of law,

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because their Aboriginality was perceived as a problem

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and that had to be expunged.

Duration

21 seconds

Views

22

Timestamp in Movie

01:07:14

Uploaded

Apr 11, 2025

Genres

Production

Blink TV,Beyond Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Contrary. Passionate. Outspoken. Over 45 years Midnight Oil helped shape modern Australia. This is their trailblazing story for the first time on film.