Oak Valley is a small community situated 96km south of Alice Springs established by Robert and Mary Le Rossignol.  Mary’s father Jack Kenny was a proud Aranda man who successfully fought for his traditional lands, settling his family at Walkabout Bore.  With the help of their family, Mary and Robert later built Oak Valley where they raised their six children and established one of the Territory’s few commercial Olive groves.

The Deepening Histories partnership commenced with the Le Rossignol family in 2013, and resulted in the production of several short films covering topics including oral history, traditional knowledge, family history, and archaeology.  It is with the kind permission of the Le Rossignol family that the following films are shown on this website.

 

‘Mary Le Rossignol’

Storyteller: Mary Le Rossignol

Director: Ann McGrath

Producers: Ann McGrath and Mary-Anne Jebb

Interviewer: Mary-Anne Jebb

Editor: Scott Wombey (Associative Producers)

Research Assistant: Alycia Nevalainen

‘Mary and Loy’

Storytellers: Mary Le Rossignol and Loyola Jones

Director: Ann McGrath

Producers: Ann McGrath and Mary-Anne Jebb

Interviewer: Mary-Anne Jebb

Editor: Scott Wombey (Associative Producers)

Research Assistant: Alycia Nevalainen

‘Craig Le Rossignol’

Storyteller: Craig Le Rossignol

Director: Ann McGrath

Producers: Ann McGrath and Mary-Anne Jebb

Interviewer: Mary-Anne Jebb

Editor: Scott Wombey (Associative Producers)

Research Assistant: Alycia Nevalainen

‘Introduction to Archaeology’

Director: Ann McGrath

Storytellers: Loyola Jones and Sam Juparulla Wickman

Producers: Ann McGrath and Mary-Anne Jebb

Narrator: Rob Paton

Editor: Scott Wombey (Associative Producers)

Research Assistant: Alycia Nevalainen

Please note that copyright belongs to the Le Rossignol family who appear in these films, and they have chosen for a Creative Commons license of BY-NC-ND to be applied. This means that whilst you can copy and redistribute the films, it must not be for commercial purposes, you cannot amend the films in any way, and you you must give appropriate credit.  Further information about this Creative Commons license can be found at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.