Allan Clarke Allan Clarke i(A98163 works by)
Born: Established: Bourke, Bourke - Brewarrina area, Far West NSW, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal Muruwari / Murrawarri ; Aboriginal
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1 form y separately published work icon Invisible Boys Nicholas Verso , Holden Sheppard , Enoch Mailangi , Allan Clarke , Declan Greene , ( dir. Nicholas Verso ) Western Australia : Feisty Asphodel Stan , 2024 26992377 2024 series - publisher film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon The Dark Emu Story Allan Clarke , Jacob Hickey , ( dir. Allan Clarke ) Australia : Blackfella Films , 2023 27379425 2023 single work film/TV

'DARK EMU is a phenomenon. The book has sold more than a quarter of a million copies, received multiple awards and is one of the best-selling books of its kind. As questions arose over the merits of the contents of the book, old questions re-surfaced about the authenticity of the author Bruce Pascoe. In this feature documentary, we will delve into this search for identity, and in so doing spark yet more conversations about where we might be heading as a nation. The documentary will also be a platform for First Nations people to tell their own stories about their deep past. How new discoveries are shedding light on who their ancestors were and how they survived and prospered for at least 65,000 years on the most arid continent on earth.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 1 form y separately published work icon The Bowraville Murders Stefan Moore , Dan Goldberg , ( dir. Allan Clarke ) Australia : Mint Pictures Jumping Dog Productions , 2021 24412856 2021 single work film/TV

'THE BOWRAVILLE MURDERS investigates one of Australia's most prominent unsolved serial murder cases – the murder of three Aboriginal children between September 1990 and February 1991 – and the 30-year battle for justice by the victims' families.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 Gut Punch After Gut Punch, Death After Death Allan Clarke , 2020 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2020;
1 y separately published work icon Thin Black Line Allan Clarke (presenter), ABC Radio National , 8 Nov 2020 21051389 2020 series - publisher podcast

'Depending on who you ask, the infamous 1993 death in custody of Aboriginal teenager Daniel Yock is either a tragic incident or unfinished business.

On a spring afternoon in Brisbane's Musgrave Park, the 18-year-old traditional dancer and amateur boxer is drinking with his mates.

But when a police van arrives, the mood suddenly changes, triggering a dramatic chain of events.

Presented by Walkley Award-winning investigative journalist Allan Clarke, Thin Black Line is a deep dive into what happened that day — according to the one eyewitness who saw it all unfold, speaking publicly for the first time in almost three decades.

His still-grieving family believe that not only could Daniel's death have been prevented, but that he shouldn't have been arrested in the first place.'

(Source : ABC Radio National)

1 Pants off, Red Dirt Allan Clarke , 2018 single work prose
— Appears in: Welcome to Story Club 2018;
1 y separately published work icon Unravel Season 1: Blood On The Tracks Allan Clarke , 2018 Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2018 18546318 2018 series - publisher podcast

'UNRAVEL is a podcast where, each season, some of Australia's best journalists investigate unsolved crimes. Our Season 1 story, Blood On The Tracks, investigates the suspicious death of 17-year-old Mark Haines, whose body was found on the railway line outside Tamworth in January 1988. It follows Indigenous reporter Allan Clarke’s five year investigation to its explosive conclusion.'

(source : ABC)

1 2 Wrong Skin Allan Clarke , 2006 single work drama

'Wrong Skin presents a tragic story of forbidden love and plays out amongst the sweeping red dirt and ghostly saltbush trees of remote New South Wales. Wrong Skin delves into an intricate world of Aboriginal kinship, gripped violently with the constraints of religion and controlled by dark malevolent spirits. Based on the ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, and fused with Aboriginal culture and history, Wrong Skin will plunge you into a haunting and evocative place, dripping with a history buried deep beneath sinister shadows.' Source: 2008 Next Wave Festival website, http://2008.nextwave.org.au/festival/ (Sighted 03/06/2008)

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