Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
Michelle Lacombe
as Alice
Olivia Patten
as Young Alice
Wendy Playfair
as Mary
Dacre King
as Neville
Kristina Bloomstrand
as Woman
Enid Freeman
as Woman
Victoria Kennedy
as Woman
Paula Maling
as Woman
Phyllis Simpson
as Woman
Sherre DeLys
as Additional Voice Work
