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1966 Australian TV series or program
| Wandjina! | |
|---|---|
| Created by | G K Saunders |
| Country of origin | Australia |
| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Production | |
| Cinematography | John Seale |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC Television |
| Release | 1966 |
Wandjina! was an Australian children's science fantasy television series produced by ABC Television and first aired in 1966. Its story, inspired by Dreamtime mythology of the spirit ancestors of the Kimberly region of north-West Australia, was about three teenagers caught up in an adventure linked to local sacred Aboriginal cave paintings of the Wandjina — the "people from the sky" who visited long ago, in the Dreamtime.
Wandjina! was the first drama production by ABC in Sydney that combined film and videotape footage.
Synopsis
A team of scientists, including Miss Smith, venture into the Australian outback to investigate strange incidents. Donald MacPherson, a Scots-born anthropologist, discovers aboriginal cave paintings depicting mythical alien beings—the 'Wandjina', an extraterrestrial race that visited the ancient aborigines. Disturbing events suggest that not only are the beings real, they have not all left. Ann MacPherson, the anthropologist's daughter, and Linda, an aboriginal girl, explore the Wandjina caves near Booala Station and stumble upon a cave full of skeletons. They see some strange things: In one scene a mysterious hooded figure hunts kangaroos with a rod that strikes them down silently from a distance. The Wandjina resemble hooded monks with what look like life-support backpacks, similar to those used by astronauts. Their power base is a lighthouse-style tower above the farmland.
In one episodes, gale-force winds occur when an elongated skull, the Wandjina Skull, is dug up from the sands.
Cast
- Julianna Allan as Linda, an aboriginal girl
- John Gregg
- Bob Haddow
- Anne Haddy as Miss Smith, an intelligence agent
- Brian James
- Mark McManus as Donald MacPherson, an anthropologist
- Kit Taylor
- Lou Vernon
- Jacki Weaver as Ann MacPherson
- Candy Williams as Charlie
- David Yorston
References
- ^ "Timeline - 50 Years of ABC Kid's TV". ABC Television. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
- Nan Musgrove (27 April 1966). "Wandjina: Television". Australian Women's Weekly. p. 21. Retrieved 4 April 2013.
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