Yandy single work   drama  
Note: Written in collaboration with Nyamal lawman, Peter Coppin.
Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Yandy
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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

Yandy is the story of the heroic struggle of Aboriginal workers in the Pilbara and their pride, endurance and determination. It is the story of the first Aboriginal strike in Australia in 1946.

Production Details

  • Performed at the Octogon Theatre, University of Western Australia from 8 October until 22 October 2004 by the Black Swan Theatre Company. Directed by Rachael Maza and featuried 'Heath Bergerson, Isaac Dandrich, Trevor Jamieson, Geoff Kelso, Ningali Lawford, David Ngoombujarra, Melodie Reynolds, Dennis Simmons, Phil Thomson and two members of the Yandeyarra community in the Pilbara - Doris Eaton and Stephen Stewart, No. 2.'

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First known date: 2004
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Works about this Work

Yandy : Walking the Uneven Lie of a Mining Boom Angela Campbell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 56 2010; (p. 53-70)

'The performance work "Yandy" is adapted from the 1999 book Kangkushot: The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin, a biography of an elder of the Yandeyarra community. The biography and play were written by journalist and speech-writer, Jolly Read, in collaboration with Coppin. Whereas Kangkushot begins with Coppin's birth at Yarrie Station by the De Grey River in 1920 and follows events of his life until around 1997, "Yandy" focuses on the story of a key group of people involved in organising the first Indigenous workers' strike in Australia. The industrial action began in the Pilbara on May Day, 1946, "when 800 workers walked off 27 stations"' (p.53).
Passion Powers Strike Epic Ron Banks , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 October 2004; (p. 7)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
Maza's Latest Moves Her Ron Banks , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 October 2004; (p. 6)
The Black Eureka Victoria Laurie , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
Pilbara's Black Eureka Ron Banks , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
The Blackfellas Eureka Federico Fuentes , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: Green Left Weekly , 13 October 2004;
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
Pilbara's Black Eureka Ron Banks , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 25 September 2004; (p. 8)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
The Black Eureka Victoria Laurie , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 October 2004; (p. 16)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
Passion Powers Strike Epic Ron Banks , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 11 October 2004; (p. 7)
— Review of Yandy Jolly Read , Peter Coppin , 2004 single work drama
Maza's Latest Moves Her Ron Banks , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 6 October 2004; (p. 6)
Yandy : Walking the Uneven Lie of a Mining Boom Angela Campbell , 2010 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , April no. 56 2010; (p. 53-70)

'The performance work "Yandy" is adapted from the 1999 book Kangkushot: The Life of Nyamal Lawman Peter Coppin, a biography of an elder of the Yandeyarra community. The biography and play were written by journalist and speech-writer, Jolly Read, in collaboration with Coppin. Whereas Kangkushot begins with Coppin's birth at Yarrie Station by the De Grey River in 1920 and follows events of his life until around 1997, "Yandy" focuses on the story of a key group of people involved in organising the first Indigenous workers' strike in Australia. The industrial action began in the Pilbara on May Day, 1946, "when 800 workers walked off 27 stations"' (p.53).
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Subjects:
  • 1946
Settings:
  • Pilbara area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
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