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Torres Strait Islanders (1898)

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clip Making fire

This clip chosen to be G

Clip description

Three Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate a traditional fire-making practice.

Curator’s notes

Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate the same method of fire making as practised by Aboriginal people on the mainland. This footage shows an interconnection between the two co-existing Indigenous peoples of far north Queensland.