Managed and designed by Wind and Sky Productions, this project has been a joint effort by many people and organisations.

In 2021 Mark Rodrigue from Parks Victoria suggested to the producers at Wind and Sky that the story of the Bass Strait land bridge would be a great way to draw attention to work being done by various parks groups in the region.  There are many marine parks in and around Lutruwita/Tasmania and Victoria, but most people are unaware of their existence.

Drawing together a group of collaborators, Wind and Sky were successful in procuring funding from the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Guided by a generous team of experts including First Nations knowledge holders and scientists from a variety of different fields, the project took shape. Over the span of two years the story of the land bridge emerged, resulting in this website, a documentary film, an education resource, digital stories and oral histories of the area.

We gratefully thank everyone involved and hope these stories will add to a greater awareness of the rich cultural and natural history of the region.

Produced by

The Land Bridge digital story and film project was produced by Wind & Sky Productions.

Funded by

This project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program.

Creative Producers Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo
Production Manager Jary Nemo
Digital Story Content Manager Lucinda Horrocks
Film Producers Lucinda Horrocks and Jary Nemo
Film Writer/Director Jary Nemo
Web Designer Jary Nemo
Education Resource Developers Lee Kindler and Jan Hagston
Digital Story Editors Tom Brooker, Heather Horrocks, Lucinda Horrocks
Digital Story Writers Associate Professor Neville Barrett, Kiah Berglund, Madeleine Bessell-Koprek, Adam Courtenay, Dr Stefani Crabtree, Dr Matthew Fielding, Dean Greeno, Professor Simon Haberle, Dr Stephen Harris, Dr David Hocking, Lucinda Horrocks, Noah Jim, Professor Chris Johnson, Fiona Maher, Dr Matt McDowell, Dr Jacquomo Monk, Professor Patrick Nunn, Amy Mulchay, Joanna Serret, Neville Rosengren, Wayne Thorpe, Professor Sean Ulm, Mathew Wheatley, Alice Wise
Film and Audio Interviewees Associate Professor Neville Barrett, Madeleine Bessell-Koprek, Buck Brown, Adam Courtenay, Dr Stefani Crabtree, Aunty Gail Kunwarra Dawson, Dr Matthew Fielding, maikutena Vicki-Laine Greene, Aunty Lola Greeno, Uncle Rex Greeno, Professor Simon Haberle, Colin J Hughes, Professor Chris Johnson, Fiona Maher, Dr Robin Sim, Mort Summers, Aunty Dyan Summers, Wayne Thorpe, Ms Tasma Walton
Interviewers Lucinda Horrocks, Jillian Mundy, Justin Stankovic
Audio Recordists Lucinda Horrocks, Jary Nemo, Jillian Mundy, Justin Stankovic
Audio Producers Lucinda Horrocks, Jary Nemo
Film Camera, Sound and Editing Jary Nemo
Film Additional Camera and Sound Recorded by Jillian Mundy, Justin Stankovic
Film Prerecorded Content Provided by Troy Melville, Simon Haberle, Beagle Marine Park Mapping Project, NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub (with thanks to Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) “Sirius” and the Autonomous Robotics Group, University of Sydney), Parks Victoria, NOAA.
Digital Story Still Images by Mark Antos, Madeleine Bessell-Koprek, Ed Dunens, Dr Mary Gillham Archives, Dean Greeno, Simon Haberle, Stephen Harris, Jack and Jude, Patrick Kavenagh, Jillian Mundy, Melissa Nicholls, David Paul, Demelza Wall, Museums Victoria, Parks Victoria, Parks Australia, Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Envato Elements, and a number of scientific and amateur photographers and organisations credited in-text who have released their photographs via Creative Commons, for which we thank them.
Film and Digital Story Maps, Map Illustrations and Map Animations by Clare Ainsworth, Wind & Sky Productions, Geosciences Australia, Megan Hotchkiss Davidson of Sandia National Laboratories (courtesy of CABAH), Deakin University Marine Mapping Group courtesy of David Kennedy and Daniel Ierodiaconou, Parks Australia, Patrick Nunn, Stefani A. Crabtree, Devin A. White, Corey J. A. Bradshaw, Frédérik Saltré, Alan N. Williams, Robin J. Beaman, Michael I. Bird & Sean Ulm, National Library of Australia (Matthew Flinders maps), Google Maps, Wayne Thorpe, Google Earth drawing on the following data: Google, Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, Data LDEO-Columbia, NSF, NOAA, Landsat / Copernicus, Beagle Marine Park Mapping Project, NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub, Neville Rosengren.
Stock Media Sources Pond5, BlackBoxGuild, Envato Elements Pty Ltd, Adobe Stock Images stock.adobe.com
Creative Commons and Public Domain Archival Media Sources Wikimedia Commons, Flickr, Atlas of Living Australia, iNaturalist, Seamap Australia, National Library of Australia, CSIRO, NOAA, Museums Victoria, State Library of Victoria
Film Music Look to the Sky. Artist/Composer Piotr Pacyna. Publisher: Lynne Publishing (PRS). SRCO (Sound Recording Copyright Owner): Piotr Pacyna. All rights reserved
Project Advisors
Cultural Advisors Tony Brown, Uncle Shane Clarke, Zoe Cozens, Julian Dunn, Dr Shannon Faulkhead, Dean Greeno, Hank Horton, Dr Caroline Hubschmann, Fiona Maher, Grattan Mullett, Uncle Russell Mullett, Jillian Mundy, Andry Sculthorpe, Wayne Thorpe, Ane Van Der Walt, Sarah Wilcox
Science Advisors Associate Professor Neville Barrett, Tristan Derham, Dr Stefani Crabtree, Dr Matthew Fielding, Professor Simon Haberle, Dr Stephen Harris, Dr David Hocking, Associate Professor Daniel Ierodiaconou, Professor Chris Johnson, Professor David Kennedy, Professor Ian McNiven, Dr Jacquomo Monk, Professor Patrick Nunn, Neville Rosengren, Dr Robin Sim, Professor Sean Ulm
Humanities and Education Advisors Jenni Burden, Professor Fred Cahir, Jane Lennon, Rick Mitchell, Dr Peter Taylor, Dr Rebe Taylor
Parks and Museums Advisors Lynden Costin, Dermot Henry, Dr Mark Norman, Kate Phillips, Bill Playne, Mark Rodrigue
Reviewers Phil Bell, Natalie Bool, Dr Mick Brown, Professor Fred Cahir, Dr Stephen Carey, Dr Andrew Caroll, Associate Professor Graeme Coulson, Zoe Cozens, Associate Professor Peter Dahlhaus, Julian Dunn, Professor Peter Gell, Harriet Goodrich, Dr Caroline Hubschmann, Fiona Maher, Rick Mitchell, Dr Jacquomo Monk, Grattan Mullett, Jillian Mundy, Rachel Nanson, Professor Ian McNiven, Dr Scott Nichol, Adjunct Associate Professor Nicholas Reid, Neville Rosengren, Andry Sculthorpe, Dr Robin Sim, Tessa Smith, Dr Rebe Taylor, Wayne Thorpe, Professor Sean Ulm, Ane Van Der Walt, Tim Ziegler
Writer Mentor Adam Courtenay (The writer mentor program was supported by the Australian Government through the Regional Arts Fund)
Commissioners on behalf of Parks Australia Natalie Bool, Daniel Murphy, Andy Warmbrunn
Produced by Wind & Sky Productions Pty Ltd
Funded by This project was funded by the Australian Government through the Our Marine Parks grant program
Cultural Partners Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre (TAC), Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation (GLAWAC), Bunurong Land Council Aboriginal Corporation (BLCAC)
Research Partners Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage (CABAH), Parks Victoria
With Special Thanks to Mark Rodrigue, for inventing this project up and asking us to make it.
Additional Thanks to Jon Addison, Professor John Arnould, Vica Bayley, Dr Robin Beaman, Professor Jonathan Benjamin, Aunty Caroline Briggs, Dr Cathy Byrne, Dr Ross Crates, Andrew Davies, Tristan Derham, Dee Dzelalija, Paul Hedge, Professor David Kennedy, Jason King, Professor Greg Lehman, Dr Conni Lord, Daniel Miller, Brett Mitchell, Katherine Mullett, Genevieve Newton, Dr Stefania Ondei, Danielle O Leary, Jessica Riley, Professor Lynette Russell, Kobi Sainty, Dr Ben Shaw, Jessica Shapiro, Dejan Stojanovic, Dr David Tutchener, Dan Turnbull, Cora Trevarthen, Andrew Vance, Nathan Wright, Catherine Young, Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania, Australian National University, Australian Museums and Galleries Association Victoria, Biodiversity Maintenance Australia, Boon Wurrung Foundation, Deakin University, Federation University Australia, Flinders University, Geography Teachers Association of Victoria, Geoscience Australia, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS), James Cook University, IMAS Marine Predators Hub, Melbourne University, Monash University, Museums Victoria, National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Marine Biodiversity Hub, National Environmental Science Programme (NESP) Marine and Coastal Hub, University of Tasmania, University of Wollongong, Santa Fe Institute, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, University of the Sunshine Coast and Utah State University.