Message Stick

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Message Stick
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Australian 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.

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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

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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
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  8. "Wayne's World (2005)" (Video + text). Australian Screen. NFSA . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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