Message Stick

Australian television series

Message Stick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
NetworkAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
Release1999 (1999) –
July 2012 (2012-07)

Message Stick was an Australian television series about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander lifestyles, culture and issues.

History

The weekly half-hour show began screening in 1999 on ABC Television. It featured profile stories, interviews, video clips, short films and cooking segments.[1][2][3][4] The last show went to air in July 2012.[5]

Presenters included Aden Ridgeway (from July 2006),[6] Miriam Corowa, Rachael Maza, Kelrick Martin, Deborah Mailman, and Trisha Morton-Thomas.[4]

Selected episodes

  • "Bill's Wake" (2001) – About the wake held by Bill Neidjie, a traditional owner of Kakadu, while he was still alive[7]
  • "Wayne’s World" (2005) – focusing on actor/director Wayne Blair[8]
  • "Stephen Hagan" (Sunday 29 January 2006, 1.30 pm) – Aboriginal activist and former diplomat Stephen Hagan is interviewed about his campaign to have an offensive word removed from a Toowoomba sports stadium.[9]
  • "Giving Voice" (Sunday 8 November 2009, 1:30pm) – about the Northern Territory National Emergency Response, featuring Bob Randall.[10]
  • "Spinifex Man" (2009), featuring actor, writer, director, dancer and musician Trevor Jamieson, interviewed by cinematographer Allan Collins[11]

References

  1. ^ ABC About Message Stick, December 2008
  2. ^ "ABC TV Indigenous Programs Unit – The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2021. (latest Message Stick entry for 2009
  3. ^ "Message Stick". AustLit. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Message Stick". Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Message Stick". ABC TV. 2012. Archived from the original on 16 May 2017.
  6. ^ Kalina., Paul (6 July 2006). "Present politics". The Age. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  7. ^ "Bill's Wake (2001)" (Video + text). Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Wayne's World (2005)" (Video + text). Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  9. ^ "ABC Message Stick, Past Episodes, Summer Series 9: 'Stephen Hagan'". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 27 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  10. ^ Message Stick, Giving Voice
  11. ^ "Spinifex Man (2009) - The Screen Guide". Screen Australia. 16 March 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2022.

External links

  • Message Stick at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • "Message Stick". ABC Commercial. (Episodes available to purchase)
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