Off Country
As the school year gets underway, Xyz, Chloe and Marlley face personal challenges and must leave boarding school and return home; Jaycee travels home to her Aboriginal Mission in regional Victoria.
Follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave home to spend a year boarding at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar.
Primary Title
- Off Country
Date Broadcast
- Thursday 10 August 2023
Start Time
- 19 : 30
Finish Time
- 20 : 00
Duration
- 30:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 2
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- Follows the lives of seven Indigenous students as they leave home to spend a year boarding at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar.
Episode Description
- As the school year gets underway, Xyz, Chloe and Marlley face personal challenges and must leave boarding school and return home; Jaycee travels home to her Aboriginal Mission in regional Victoria.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Aboriginal students
- Aboriginal Australians--Education
- Geelong Grammar School--Case studies
- Education--Australia
- Boarding schools--Australia
- Indigenous peoples--Education
- Documentary television programs--Australia
Genres
- Documentary
Contributors
- John Harvey (Director)
- Rhian Skirving (Director)
- Charlotte Wheaton (Producer)
- Nick Batzias (Producer)
- John Harvey (Producer)
- Rhian Skirving (Producer)
- Virginia Whitwell (Executive Producer)
- Tom Zubrycki (Executive Producer)
- Sunny Handy (Subject)
- Xyz King (Subject)
- Chloe King (Subject)
- Marlley McNamara (Subject)
- Tahlia See (Subject)
- Jaycee Sellings (Subject)
- Zoe Walters (Subject)
- Brown Cabs (Production Unit)
- Letterbox Films (Production Unit)
- GoodThing Productions (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- National Indigenous Television (Funder)
Subjects
- Aboriginal students
- Aboriginal Australians--Education
- Geelong Grammar School--Case studies
- Education--Australia
- Boarding schools--Australia
- Indigenous peoples--Education
- Documentary television programs--Australia