The movie "Jedda" is largely of Australian historical interest as it offers an insight into race relations of the 1950s, ideas of Aboriginal assimilation, and inadvertently, the Stolen Generations. "Jedda" is set on a buffalo station in the Northern Territory run by Sarah and Douglas McMann.
Set against the harsh natural surrounds of outback Northern Territory, "Jedda" captures a rare and honest glimpse into the heart and history of indigenous Australia with Young Jedda caught between two cultures.
The movie was released in 1955. By the time I arrived in Australia, it had already dropped into relative obscurity, and I never saw it until many years later after I had returned from another Jeddah in 1985.
