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Ernie Blackmore Ernie Blackmore i(A72510 works by)
Born: Established: 1940 Leichhardt, Glebe - Leichhardt - Balmain area, Sydney Inner West, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Kamilaroi ; Aboriginal ; English
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1 Speakin' Out Blak : New and Emergent Aboriginal Filmmakers Finding Their Voices Ernie Blackmore , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Reverse Shots: Indigenous Film and Media in an International Context 2014; (p. 61-80)
1 Waiting Ernie Blackmore , 2011 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 71 no. 2 2011; (p. 133-142)

'We, that's me and m'brother Gordie, we was playing outside our house in Cromwell Street Leichhardt, not that the name of the street meant much to me until years later - we used to call it Cromie Street - it was twenty something years before I could even spell it let alone know who Cromwell was. We was playing in the street like most kids did back then, at least us little tackers pretty well oblivious to dangers that bothered our mum. From our point of view the only danger was from motor vehicles.' (Source: from Abstract)
1 y separately published work icon Speakin' Out Blak : An Examination of Finding an 'Urban' Indigenous 'Voice' Through Contemporary Australian Theatre Ernie Blackmore , Germany : VDM Verlag , 2008 Z1710440 2008 single work criticism

This book examines the absence of an urban Indigenous voice within mainstream Australia and the reasons for its absence. It asks how the identity, legitimacy and supremacy of that voice can be accommodated.
1 1 y separately published work icon Speakin' Out Blak : An Examination of Finding an 'Urban' Indigenous 'Voice' Through Contemporary Australian Theatre Ernie Blackmore , Wollongong : 2007 Z1433609 2007 single work thesis 'This thesis attempts a complex negotiation between critical and creative writing modes, articulated through the prism of Indigenous issues. As an urban Indigenous writer and critic, I have sought to provide a platform from which it may be possible both to chart a recognisable urban Indigenous *voice* and to see how it can be given shape through the medium of contemporary theatre. Critically the thesis examines the absence of an urban Indigenous voice within mainstream Australia and the reasons for its absence. It asks how the identity, legitimacy and supremacy of that voice can be accommodated. The creative works contained within the thesis are disparate in time, *voice* and setting, demographics: Positive Expectations is contemporary and urban, a more conventionally structured drama looking at issues about racial and sexual identity and questions of family. "Waiting for Ships" is a dramatic monologue that addresses more personal issues to do with the Stolen Generations and the politics of child removal. Both provide different takes on what an urban Indigenous voice can sound like and the messages it can speak. This thesis argues that there has always been a need for an *urban* Indigenous voice, but that that voice has largely been silenced by academe, industry, politics. As a result, urban Aboriginal people may well experience a redoubled sense of cultural loss because of this effective denial of their identity. This thesis seeks to provide a platform for this Indigenous voice to be heard. Finally, this thesis argues for the connection between the theatre and the public and the need for theatre to be both a platform for didactic performance and the vehicle to engage readers and audiences as essential participants in the process of reshaping views about the role of urban Aboriginal people in theatre, politics and nation.' Source: http://ro.uow.edu.au/theses/647/ (Sighted 22/07/2010).
1 1 y separately published work icon Positive Expectations Positive Expectations : A Two Act Play Ernie Blackmore , 2006 (Manuscript version)8631496 8631491 2006 single work drama 'A play that takes a different approach to urban Australian Indigenous stereotypes; social engineering and the impact it has on people's lives; looks at the issues of HIV, AIDS, new age treatments and euthanasia.' Source: Mura AIATSIS Collections Catalogue (Sighted 08/10/2007).
1 She Was An Honourable Woman Ernie Blackmore , 2005 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: The Heart of Each Reflection : Texts in Search of Identity 2005; (p. 8-9)
1 1 Waiting for Ships Ernie Blackmore , 2004 single work drama
— Appears in: Speakin' Out Blak : An Examination of Finding an 'Urban' Indigenous 'Voice' Through Contemporary Australian Theatre 2007;
1 y separately published work icon What We Count, Then and Now Nioka Doolan , Bianca Briggs , Tu Roper , Helen Empacher , Ernie Blackmore , Bronwyn Bancroft (illustrator), North Sydney : Indij Readers , 2003 Z1433888 2003 single work picture book children's

'Everyday useful items before 1788 and present day.' (Source: Publishers website)
1 y separately published work icon In the Bush Ernie Blackmore , Luke Anderson , Roy Kennedy (illustrator), North Sydney : Indij Readers , 2003 Z1433860 2003 single work children's fiction children's

The animals of the Australian bush. (Source: Publishers website)
1 y separately published work icon Having Fun at School Taminya Fisher , Thuy Le , Meiko Bell , Ernie Blackmore , Paul Davis (illustrator), North Sydney : Indij Readers , 2003 Z1433843 2003 single work children's fiction children's 'In Redfern, one crisp, winter morning, Taminya, Thuy and Meiko thought about all the good things that happen at school and wrote down the ones that were their favourites.' Source: Libraries Australia. (Sighted 08/10/2007).
1 In Conversation with David Milroy Ernie Blackmore (interviewer), 2003 single work interview
— Appears in: Kunapipi , vol. 25 no. 2 2003; (p. 159-171)

David Milroy discusses the development of 'Indigenous theatre' in Australia, seeing a current tendency to 'catch up' theatre, re-writing history from the Indigenous people's point of view. He sees the Yirra Yaakin company as setting the stage for a new understanding of Indigenous theatre, unshackled by the expectations of the past.
1 [Untitled] (from Positive Expectations) Ernie Blackmore , 2002 extract drama
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 62 no. 2 2002; (p. 100-123)
1 Positive Expectations Ernie Blackmore , 2000 single work short story Indigenous story
— Appears in: Talkabout : Newsletter of People Living with AIDS (N.S.W.) , April no. 107 2000; (p. 8-9)
1 y separately published work icon Buckley's Hope : A Two Act Play Buckley's Hope Ernie Blackmore , 1999 (Manuscript version)8631517 8631512 1999 single work drama
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