• Title
  File 02: Frances Peters-Little interview by Louise Whelan
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  11 May 2019
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9650075
• Physical Description
  3 audio files (2 hr., 59 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Frances Peters-Little is a Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay woman and the daughter of the Aboriginal singer and musician, Jimmy Little. Peters-Little was a filmmaker with the ABC, before becoming an academic in history and philosophy. Her documentary film, Tent Embassy, won a Sundance award.
  References:
  Library correspondence file
  AusLit. 2018. "Frances Peters-Little". Accessed 12 April 2022. https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A72889
• Scope and Content
  Frances Peters-Little explains in detail the ancestral history of her mother and father's family and how she identifies herself as a Yuwaalaraay/Gamilaraay woman. She recounts her childhood growing up in Birchgrove, New South Wales and Canberra. She recounts her memories of Charlie Perkins and the Freedom rides as a young girl staying with her grandmother in Wallgett, New South Wales. She recalls her introduction to Aboriginal rights when she was in Canberra, spending time at the Tent Embassy, and talks in depth about race and identity. She also talks about her career in film and television at the ABC, producing documentary films.
  
  Peters-Little talks about the loss of her father, her relationship with her son, and the depression she suffered after moving to Dubbo, New South Wales. She discusses her life in Lightning Ridge, her extended family, and the gallery she set up for Aboriginal artists. She discusses the drought, water licences, local farming, and advocating for climate change and water use issues in New South Wales. She also talks about the Aboriginal group, 'Women for Water', which battles injustice around water use and protection in western New South Wales.
• Language
  English
• Access Conditions
  Restricted
  For access to this collection please submit your request through Ask a Librarian: Permission required upon each request
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, 11 May 2019
  Access requires permission from interviewee
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Peters-Little, Frances, 1958-
  
• Subject
  Peters-Little, Frances, 1958---Interviews.
  Kamilaroi (Australian people)
  Aboriginal Australians--Civil rights.
  Droughts--New South Wales.
  
• Place
  Birchgrove (N.S.W.)
  Lightning Ridge (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE20507885

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