You Are Here: Indigenous storytelling continues across the network with SBS' new interactive documentary, K'gari

You Are Here: Indigenous storytelling continues across the network with SBS' new interactive documentary, K'gari

28 August 2017

Media Release

One island, two histories

As NITV's landmark documentary film slate You Are Here comes to a close, Indigenous storytelling continues across the network with SBS's new interactive documentary, K'gari which launches today.

K'gari is produced by SBS's Walkley Award winning team, and the team behind the voice-activated documentary game, My Grandmother's Lingo. K'gari is told by internationally-acclaimed artist Fiona Foley with academic Larissa Behrendt and features Miranda Otto in the role of Eliza Fraser.

K'gari tells the story of one of the first alleged fake news' stories to be circulated across Australia, the capture' of British woman Eliza Fraser by Aboriginal people on Fraser Island (K'gari) in 1836. Eliza was a passenger on her husband Captain James Fraser's ship, the Stirling Castle, which struck reef hundreds of kilometers north of Fraser Island. She claims to have been captured by Aboriginal people when in fact she was taken in and cared for by the Butchulla people when shipwrecked.

The story of Eliza Fraser's capture' has been reinterpreted by many Australian writers and artists; however an Indigenous version of the story remains largely unheard. The counterpoints to Eliza's version reveal a complex example of cross-cultural miscommunication and conflict.

SBS' online documentary reclaims the story of Eliza Fraser's arrival on K'gari from Fiona Foley's perspective as a Butchulla woman of the Wondunna clan. The story reveals Fiona's family's version of events and explores the contemporary ramifications of the capture' myth in a rich interactive documentary featuring immersive animation by Indigenous illustrator Tori-Jay Mordey.

Through the interactive documentary, the user will witness the clashing versions of events from Fiona and Eliza's perspectives and will be required to unleash the natural forces of the island of K'gari, including lightening, ocean and sand, to eliminate Eliza's words and progress the story.

NITV Channel Manager, Tanya Orman said: NITV is dedicated to providing its community with a voice and this interactive documentary, K'gari shares an important Indigenous perspective on this historic news story.

To complement the online interactive, SBS Learn has teamed up with Reconciliation Australia's Narragunnawali: Reconciliation in Schools and Early Learning program, to develop freely accessible and engaging classroom resources linked to the curriculum, as part of its broader You Are Here educational resources. The resource is available on SBS Learn.

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The online interactive animation can be accessed here: sbs.com.au/kgari

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