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Archived News - 2003Yanagai! Yanagai!Writen and Directed by Andrea James Dates: September 10 - 27 Reviews... A production that demands praise for it's design, visuals, lighting and music - [an] evocative recreation of the landscape of the Riverlands, so that we can understand the Yorta Yorta people's passionate attachment to their country. Awesome Yanagai! The play is an emphatic statement of the Yorta Yorta's existence and continued culture, linking a spiritual journey with the cold hard facts of native title battles in the present day. www.melbourneworkerstheatre.com
Book launch'Paddy's Road: Life Stories of Patrick Dodson' by Kevin Keeffe, a Canberra-based public servant and anthropologist, reveals the influences that shaped Patrick Dodson - from his unorthodox birth and early life, marked by tragedy and dislocation, through to his stint as a priest in young adulthood and his eventual role as the 'father of reconciliation'. The first edition of 'Paddy's Road' is available in hard back BOOK LAUNCH - 10.00am, Fri 29 Aug Free entry
Concert, Sunday August 3A unique blend of soulful music from black and white Australia will be on display at the Wangoom Hall on Sunday August 3. The afternoon concert will again bring together Marcia Howard and Pat Clarke. Formerly a vocalist with the "Goanna" band, Marcia's status as a world-class talent was recognised with her inclusion in the latest "A Woman's Heart" album, which brings together the outstanding female singers in the Irish tradition. Pat Clarke is a Kirraewurrung woman whose recent album, "Keep the Fires Burning", has been warmly received and boosted her profile nationally. Her songs frequently draw on the stories told to her by her late father, Kirrae-wurrung elder Banjo Clarke, and are written in Aboriginal English. Pat's first recording, on Marcia's "Butterfly" album, was "Vulla Vunnah Nah", a lullaby taught in secret to the Aboriginal children of her clan after their language had been banned. The get together at the Wangoom Hall will see some of the best contemporary Australian music being performed in the landscape from which it takes its inspiration. It will also be a rare expression of true reconciliation in our otherwise divided society. The concert begins at three pm and ends at six.
National Reconciliation Week 2003The theme for National Reconciliation Week (May 27 to June 3) this year is: Reconciliation: It's Not Hard to UnderstandReconciliation Victoria have decided to strengthen this theme by including the organisation's core values: Respect, Rights & Recognition
Acknowledgement Day(Can't be sorry all your life)An art exhibition by emerging Aboriginal artist Dedicated to her late father, Banjo Clarke The exhibition will be displayed in Gallery 1 of the BeachHead Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warrnambool Ph: (03) 5562 7300 Dates: Exhibition will run from 9th May to 22nd May 2003 The opening will be held on the 9th May at the Beachhead Gallery from 7pm
Bringing Them Home Oral History ProjectThe Oral History Association of Australia Victorian Branch Inc. presents a panel discussion about the Bringing Them Home Oral History Project, on Saturday 12 April, 1.30pm - 5pm (registration from 1pm), at the New International Bookshop, Trades Hall, corner Victoria and Lygon Streets, Carlton (enter from Victoria Street). Speakers: Dr Gwenda Beed Davey AM, Associate Professor Roderic Lacey (ACU National) Helen Bnads, Lyn McLeavy, Barbara Erskine. This nationwide interviewing project about the removal of Indigenous children from their families was coordinated by the National Library of Australia, and resulted in a large archive of recordings and a book published in 2002, Many Voices: Reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation, edited by Doreen Mellor and Anna Haebich. The members of our panel were involved in the project as interviewers and also contributed to the book. Cost: $5 per person. Enquiries: 03 9486 9643
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