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Examines the lives of Tunnerminnerwait and Maulboyheenner, brought from Hobart to Melbourne by Chief Protector of Aborigines George Augustus Robinson in 1839. Resistance fighters, they were captured and hanged for murder in 1842. The play explores and critiques colonial constructions of resistance and the frontier wars as criminal.
Production Details
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Performed on 17th January 2014 at the Guild Theatre, Union House, Melbourne University, Parkville Campus, Melbourne.
Cast: Pauline Whyman, Elliott Maynard, Bec Robinson, John Harding and Geoff Paine.
Read at La Mama Courthouse on Saturday 28 March 2015.
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Reading Will Celebrate Our Fighters
2015
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 March no. 597 2015; (p. 39) 'The overlooked history of Aboriginal fighters in the frontier wars will be highlighted in a reading of a work by celebrated Indigenous playwright John Harding...' -
A History of Resistance
2014
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 January no. 568 2014; (p. 6)
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A History of Resistance
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 January no. 568 2014; (p. 6) -
Reading Will Celebrate Our Fighters
2015
single work
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 25 March no. 597 2015; (p. 39) 'The overlooked history of Aboriginal fighters in the frontier wars will be highlighted in a reading of a work by celebrated Indigenous playwright John Harding...'
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