Always Was, Always Will Be(1989)
A testimonial record of the ten-month long camp at the Old Swan Brewery in peaceful protest against the building of a tourist centre on the Sacred Grounds of the Waugul, Perth
This is the account of the Aboriginal People of Perth on protest to protect the Ancestral First Grandmothers' and Grandfathers' Beliefs of the Sacred Ground of the Waugul at the old Swan Brewery on the Swan River in Perth, W.A.
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