1. Pan from ferry terminal to indigenous performers 2. Various of Aboriginal man playing the didgeridoo 3. Man in traditional Aboriginal outfit 4. Audience watching musical performance 5. Various of woman having her photo taken with Aboriginal performer 6. Gary Highland of the group Australians for Native Title And Recognition walking 7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Gary Highland, Australians for Native Title And Recognition: "Well Australia's indigenous community are the most disadvantaged people in what is one of the most wealthiest country's in the world. On average a young Aboriginal child born today could expect to live less than a child born in rural Bangladesh. There's a huge gap in life expectancy between indigenous and non indigenous people. Indigenous children live on average for seventeen years less than non-indigenous children in Australia." 8. Various of exterior Aboriginal land council building 9. Chairman of the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council Rob Welsh 10. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Welsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council: "We're only 2.5 percent of the population so we're very marginalised. We're...in a sense Australians are ashamed of Aboriginal people. They've always isolated us, pushed us away. A great example of this is 'The Block,' (Aboriginal housing in central Sydney) where there trying to force the removal of Aboriginal people from Redfern and 'The Block', I believe." 11. Various of Welsh talking to Aboriginal people 12. Aboriginal men looking at car 13. Woman painting sign 14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Welsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council: "Redfern and 'The Block' is actually right on the outskirts of the CBD (Central Business District), so it's actually starting to grow around us. And the land we sit on and the land that the government brought for us in (19)72 is now very valuable land." 15. Wide shot 'The Block' with city skyline in the background 16. Various Aboriginal people in 'The Block' 17. Welsh chatting to Aboriginal people 18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Welsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council: "He'd (his father) had a horse riding accident, out in Bourke (town in New South Wales), so they moved him to Sydney to fix his leg, he'd had a pretty badly broken leg and he was down in Sydney for about eight months and once his leg was healed, rather than return him back to his family, back in Bourke, they sent him to Kinchela's Boy's home." 19. Various of Aboriginal people on street 20. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rob Welsh, Chairman of the Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council: "A lot of people (from the 'Stolen Generation') hit the grog (alcohol), hit drugs and just really went down hill and wandered around lost. They didn't know where their family was." 21. Various of Aboriginal people 22. Exterior Aboriginal Medical Service Senior Lecturer at Yooroang Garang, School of Indigenous Health Studies John Evans walking in park 23. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Evans, Senior Lecturer at Yooroang Garang School of Indigenous Health Studies: "It (the Aboriginal infant mortality rate) is one of the most disturbing features of Aboriginal ill health and one that needs to be addressed as quickly as possible. And it has to do with where people live and the sorts of education people have about good health care during pregnancy and the sorts of environments that people live in while their pregnant." 24. Exteriors pharmacy in the Redfern/Waterloo area of Sydney 25. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Evans, Senior Lecturer, Yooroang Garang School of Indigenous Health Studies: 26. SOUNDBITE: (English) Milton Orkopoulos, New South Wales Minister for Indigenous Affairs: 27. Child on crutches LEAD IN: STORYLINE: You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/e23f69bb602fd2504a85d59514e9d883 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 28 Jul 2015
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