- Entry type: Resource
- Entry ID: AWH002487
Two Bob Mermaid : A Short Film About Aboriginal Identity
- Repository National Film and Sound Archive
- Reference 306361
- Date Range 1996 - 1996
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Description
Set in the summer of 1957, ‘Two Bob Mermaid’ is about a young Koori girl who ‘passes for white’ at the local swimming pool. It is a story about Aboriginal identity, transformation and change, set in a period of cultural conflict and racial tension.