Red dust and legal gowns aren’t commonly associated in most people’s minds but when the Federal Court goes ‘on country’, to adjudicate cases of native title, the gowns can hover just above the dust for days at a time.
In cases involving remote communities, it’s not unusual for the court to convene in a dry creek bed, under the shade of a clump of trees. And though ties and wigs are notably absent, the gowns remain to symbolize the importance of the case and the rigour of the proceedings.
Kine Graffiti has produced a number of documentary programs dealing with the work of the Federal Court of Australia and just recently, completed a series of training videos for lawyers and witnesses - with judges still to come - who, at some time, might be involved in native title cases.
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