In 1910, a scientist called Erik Mjoberg led the first Swedish expedition to Australia. An entomologist by trade, Mjoberg's brief was to document the native wildlife, but his underlying motivation was to explore the idea that Aborigines were the missing link between ape and man. Landing in Derby, Western Australia, he bought supplies, hired a bullock team and set off into the Kimberley with his increasingly fractious team, battling heat and flies until they got their first glimpse of "one of the oldest races in the world - the Australian negroes".
Describing the Aborigines as "ugly", "Neanderthal-like" and possessed of an "animalistic cunning", Mjoberg set about plundering their grave sites and smuggling the remains back home - actions that were to have lasting consequences for all concerned.
With narration by Jack Thompson and haunting original footage, this artfully composed documentary provides a chilling glimpse into the mind of a 20th-century explorer.
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