CREDITS
A Film Australia Digital Learning production in association with Vixen Films
For Film Australia
Executive Producer Anna Grieve, Chris Warner
Project Manager Aida Innocente
Production Secretary Yvonne Boulos, Anna Kamasz
National Sales Manager Jacqui Stone
Proof Reader Alison Kenter
Digital Resource Writers Julie Dyer, Warren Prior, Pauline Shepherd
Interactive Map Fact Writers Aida Innocente, Annie Stiven, Les McLaren
Video Compression Roar Film
Film Australia is a company owned by the Australian government.
For Vixen Films
Creative Director and Producer Jo Lane - www.jolane.com
Website Design Wayne Psaila
Administration Martin Bauer, Tony Svasek
Pacific Stories Learning is an educational companion website to the Pacific Stories website www.abc.net.au/pacificstories, produced in 2005. Pacific Stories is a co-production between Film Australia's National Interest Program and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Presented by Vika and Linda Bull, the website explores the geography, history and culture of the South Pacific.
IMAGE CREDITS
Shipwrecks
The Foam
Armbands found in Foam wreck
Source: Stephen Beck
James Cook University School of Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology
Secrets in Mystery Bay
Mystery Bay
Source: Tim Smith
Maritime Heritage Online, NSW. maritime.heritage.nsw.gov.au Accessed 3 October 2006
President Coolidge
President Coolidge wreck
Source: Peter Stone
Oceans Enterprises. www.oceans.com.au Accessed 3 October 2006
La Perouse
La Perouse by Thomas Woolnoth (1785-1836) nla.pic-an9635510
Source: National Library of Australia
Mutiny on the Bounty
Mutineers turning Lt Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from HMS Bounty, 29 April 1789 by Robert Dodd [artist & engraver]; B B Evans [publisher]
Pandora
Divers amongst the Pandora wreck
Source: Peter Gesner
Queensland Museum. http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/features/pandora/story/ Accessed 3 October 2006
Truk Lagoon
US Dive Bombers flying over landing strip on Etten Island
Source: William Jeffrey
Chuuk Historic Preservation Office. www.chuukhistoric.org/index.htm. Accessed 3 October 2006
HMAS Canberra
HMAS Canberra sailing into Sydney Harbour in 1930
Source: Australian War Memorial
PT-109
Image of a PT-105 patrol boat; same class boat as the PT-109
Source: Naval Historical Center (US)
The Original Rainbow Warrior
Sunken Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour, 1985
Source: Greenpeace
General Grant
Etching of the General Grant
Source: MAANZ. www.maanz.wellington.net.nz/projects/gengrant.htm Accessed 3 October 2006
Marine Life
Smokers - A Sunless Ecosystem
Hydrothermal vents
Source: United States Government
Pregnant Fathers
Pregnant seahorse
Source: Dr J Floor Anthoni at Seafriends www.seafriends.org.nz Accessed 16 October 2006
Sharking News
Whale shark
Source: Karl Jesienowski
Lost and Found
Minke whale
Source: Karl Jesienowski
Disappearing Turtles
Leatherback turtle
Source: Doug Perrine/Jeff Rotman Photography www.jeffrotman.com. Accessed 3 October 2006
Master Builders
Soft coral with polyps extended
Source: NOAA Photo Library
Slow and Deadly
Box jellyfish
Source: Dr Zoltan Takacs
Living Fossil
Nautilus
Source: Karl Jesienowski
Fastest Fish
Sailfish
Source: Nautical Creations Decorative Fish. www.fishdeco.com/od_sailfish.jpg. Accessed 3 October 2006
Explosion of Life
Underwater life
Source: Karl Jesienowski
The Region
Polynesia
Samoan man in canoe
Source: Film Australia
Melanesia
Pacific Islanders in canoes
Source: Film Australia
Micronesia
Sailing boat in Kiribati
Source: Film Australia
Oceania
Satellite image of the Pacific Ocean
Source: United States Federal Government
Peaceful Pacific
Pacific beach, Vanuatu
Source: Film Australia
World's First Sunrise
Sunrise over the Pacific Ocean
Source: Film Australia
First Maps
Martin Waldseemuller's 1507 World Map
Source: Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress(US)
Gender Equal Society?
Detail Map Vanatinai (Sudest) and surrounding islands
Source: Vixen Films
Paradise Now?
Pacific beach with hut, Samoa
Source: Film Australia
Banana Bandages
Banana leaf
Source: Vixen Films
Migration
Sugar Slaves
A re-enactment of workers in the cane fields of Queensland
Source: Film Australia
First Migration
Pacific Islanders in canoes
Source: Film Australia
Island of the Fuzzy Hairs
Papua New Guinean tribal group
Source: Film Australia
Tonga Travels
Vika and Linda Bull and Tongan friends
Source: Vika and Linda Bull
Can't Go Home
Bikini Atoll refugee, Marshall Islands
Source: Film Australia
Climate Change Refugees
Greenpeace image of preparations for high tides in Pacific Islands
Source: Greenpeace
Trade
Weaving Wealth
Hands weaving, Vanuatu
Source: Film Australia
Unique Shell Trade
Large crate with various shells, New Caledonia
Source: Film Australia
Sushi Bars
Plate of various sushi
Source: Loyaukee
Pumpkin Power
Pumpkin plantation
Source: Mitangi Tonga Photo by Pesi Fonua
Black Pearl
Black pearl
Source: Tahiti Tourisme www.Tahiti-Tourisme.com Accessed 4 October 2006
Clay Pots and Money Shells
Traditional artifacts, Papua New Guinea
Source: Tourism West New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Worlds Largest Copper and Gold Mine
Freeport copper mine, Papua
Source: NASA
Losing Nemo
Clown fish
Source: Jan Derk
Pearl Shell Money
Specimen Papua New Guinea 10 kina note
Source: Bank of Papua New Guinea
Copper Mountain
Panguna Mine, Bougainville
Source: Film Australia
Environment
Surviving the Volcano
Smoking Mt Yasur volcano
Source: Vanuatu Tourisme www.Tahiti-Tourism.com Accessed 4 October 2006
Lost World
Golden Mantled Tree Kangaroo
Source: Peter Schouten and Studio Schouten www.studioschouten.com.au. Accessed 3 October 2006
Tropical Glacier
Puncak Jaya glacier from the south
Source: Kalman Muller www.papuaweb.org/gb/foto/muller/glaciers/index.html. Accessed 3 October 2006
Mother Rights to Land
Bougainville women
Source: Film Australia
Tsunami
Tsunami-hit village in Papua New Guinea, 1988
Source: Hugh Davies, University of Papua New Guinea
Butterflies with Birdwings
Birdwing butterfly
Source: Tropical Orchid Farm
How Many Islands?
Palm tree lined beach, Samoa
Source: Film Australia
World's Tallest Mountain and Deepest Sea
Mauna Kea, Hawaii
Source: Eric Guinther
Seas Rising
Kiribati man
Source: Film Australia
History
First Contact
Papua New Guinean men with headdress
Source: Film Australia
Nuclear Playground
Nuclear explosion in Marshall Islands
Source: US National Archives
Land Eternal
Boat on water, Vanuatu
Source: Film Australia
Cease Fire
Young freedom fighter from the Bougainville Revolutionary Army
Source: Alex Smailes Solidarity South Pacific
French Polynesia
Moorea, French Polynesia
Source: NOAA Photo Library
Pacific Kingdom
Linda Bull meets King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga in 1994
Source: Vika and Linda Bull
Island or Flower?
Bougainvillea
Source: Vixen Films
Diversity
Painted man riding on horse, Vanuatu
Source: Film Australia
Australia's Only Colony
A patrol officer with the local community
Source: Film Australia
Culture
Human Hair Wigs
Papua New Guinean man wearing headdress
Source: Film Australia
Hot Topic Bikini
1960s girl in bikini
Source: Film Australia
Treasure Island
Pacific island, Samoa
Source: Film Australia
Tattoos
Traditional Tahitian tattoos
Source: Tahiti 1 www.tahiti1.com Accessed 3 October 2006
Original Bungee Jump
A Vanuatu islander prepares to jump
Source: Film Australia
Diversity
First line of Article 2 of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in Tok Pisin (Pidgin English)
Nose Flutes
Wood-cut of Fijian Girl Playing the Nose Flute, circa 1858
Source: Just Pacific www.justpacific.com Accessed 16 October 2006
Gauguin in Tahiti
French Polynesian woman
Source: Film Australia
A Word for Music
Papua New Guinean percussionists
Source: Film Australia
Sing Sing
Album cover Telek
Source: David Bridie and George Telek www.davidbridie.com.au Accessed 3 October 2006