Another interesting event at the Northern Territory Archives Centre will be the launch on April 19 of an exhibition by Huni Bolliger dealing with Darwin's old tin-walled prison, the Fannie Bay Gaol. With an Arts NT grant , Ms Bolliger will discuss the process of using archives to learn NT history and transform images and documents into short narrative animations .
Entitled Under Lock and Key , An Insight into Fannie Bay Gaol, it will explore the history of the prison by telling the story of three inmates during its long history from 1883 to 1979. Films will be screened in conjunction with the exhibition of the original archives which inspired them .
Creative in Residence at NTAC , Ms. Bollinger is a film maker and animator, has a wide range of experience, including video production, script writing , editing , eLearning and art teaching . Her films have won awards in Australia and overseas .
A former inmate of Fannie Bay was injured when he tried to climb INSIDE . It was in the free and easy days when prisoners were allowed to go into town for a bit of socialising , as long as they returned before the entrance to the slammer was firmly shut for the night . Arriving late , he attempted to climb in and fell . Crippled as a result of the fall, the man set up a shop called the Curio Cottage , in which he sat at the counter , and with the aid of mirrors ran what was said to have been an early Australian self serve, even offering postcards .
