<P> 1955's Jedda was the first Australian feature film to be shot in colour, the first to star Aboriginal actors in lead roles, and the first to be entered at the Cannes Film Festival . 1971's Walkabout was a British film set in Australia; it was a forerunner to many Australian films related to indigenous themes and introduced David Gulpilil to cinematic audiences . 1976's Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, directed by Fred Schepisi, was an award - winning historical drama from a book by Thomas Keneally about the tragic story of an Aboriginal bushranger . The canon of films related to Indigenous Australians also increased over the period of the 1990s and early 21st Century, with Nick Parson's 1996 film Dead Heart featuring Ernie Dingo and Bryan Brown; Rolf de Heer's Tracker, starring Gary Sweet and David Gulpilil; and Phillip Noyce's Rabbit - Proof Fence in 2002 . </P> <P> The 2006 film Ten Canoes was filmed entirely in an indigenous language, and the film won a special jury prize at the Cannes Film Festival . </P> <P> Though lost to history, many traditional forms of recreation were played and while these varied from tribe to tribe, there were often similarities . Ball games were quite popular and played by tribes across Australia, as were games based on use of weapons . There is extensive documented evidence of traditional football games being played . Perhaps the most documented is a game popularly played by tribes in western Victorian regions of the Wimmera, Mallee and Millewa by the Djab wurrung, Jardwadjali and Jarijari people . Known as Marn Grook, it was a type of kick and catch football game played with a ball made of possum hide, the existence of which was corroborated in accounts from European eyewitnesses and depicted in illustration . According to some accounts, it was played as far away as the Yarra Valley by the Wurundjeri people, Gippsland by the Gunai people, and the Riverina in south - western New South Wales . Since the 1980s it has been speculated that Marn Grook influenced Australian rules football, however there is no direct evidence in its favour . </P> <P> A team of Aboriginal cricketers toured England in 1868, making it the first Australian sports team to travel overseas . Cricketer and Australian rules football pioneer Tom Wills coached the team in an Aboriginal language he learnt as a child, and Charles Lawrence accompanied them to England . Johnny Mullagh, the team's star player, was regarded as one of the era's finest batsmen . </P>

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