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Issue Details: First known date: 1997... 1997 The Shingle Strike
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About a strike of the shingle-carrying gang at Port Arthur in 1840.

Production Details

  • Short play commissioned by Port Arthur Historic Site to form a segment of an entertainment for visitors, performed every January, Easter and September at Port Arthur between 1997 and the present.

    Still performed each year.

    Various directors including the author.

    Unpublished.

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Last amended 8 Aug 2013 09:12:32
Subjects:
  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
Settings:
  • Port Arthur, Tasman Peninsula, Forestier Peninsula - Tasman Peninsula area, Southeast Tasmania, Tasmania,
  • 1840
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