How Does Jindabyne Impact Indigenous Australians?

Ray Lawrence’s daunting film Jindabyne was a name of a town known for being flooded in order to make dams, power plants, and Lake Jindabyne. Tens of thousands of immigrants came from different parts of the world in order to have enough workers to run the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power scheme but building this power station led to the loss of social and spiritual sites that belonged to the Indigenous Australians. In white-dominated parts of Australia racism negatively impacted Indigenous Australians since they were more likely to be discriminated against in employment, housing, and education. Several characters in the film Jindabyne commit acts of violence or experience some form of being violated. The town Jindabyne was given a second chance after being flooded and became one of the most complex hydro-electric power electric schemes the characters in Jindabyne also deserve a second chance since they made a terrible mistake however they are trapped by the feeling of guilt which will haunt them forever. An Indigenous woman named Susan was the obvious example of being violated by the electrician because she was murdered and dumped into the river. An

The electrician waited on the mountain hill until he found his next victim that he will eventually murder. At one point during the film it looked like the electrician was going to murder Claire because he was following her car very closely until she pulled over. Then he watched her like he was contemplating on whether or not he should kill her and finally he slowly drove away. The electrician was lurking in the background during different scenes whether it was almost running over Claire or attending the memorial service of the girl he brutally murdered. The last scene of the movie shows the electrician back up on the hill looking down and patiently waiting for the next car to drive