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AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'Ngapartji Ngapartji' traces the true story of one of the world's oldest nations - the Spinifex people - and their encounter with the Cold War and particularly the British atomic testing at Maralinga.

Notes

'Each night of the five night pilot season, audiences will be taught a little more of the Pitjantjatjara language. After each lesson a short excerpt of the story is performed. Each evening's performance is stand alone, but undertaken sequentially over the five sessions you will learn more of the language and experience a richer understanding of this exceptional story.' Source: www.acmi.net.au (Sighted 09/08/2007).
Master storyteller Trevor Jamieson weaves this global narrative in his native tongue, Pitjantjatjara.
The play's website contains detailed information about various productions, including crew members: http://www.ngapartji.org/ (Sighted: 11/08/2015)

Production Details

First presented as a work in progress by Big hART, Melbourne International Arts Festival, the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and Sydney Opera House, 11-15 October 2005. Director: Scott Rankin. World premiere at the Fairfax Studio, Victorian Arts Centre, as part of the 2006 Melbourne International Arts Festival, 12 October 2006.
The production has since been performed at the Araluen Centre, Alice Springs, the Sydney Opera House, the 2007 Perth International Arts Festival and the 2008 Sydney Festival and Company B at Belvoir Street Theatre.
A revised version, Ngapartji Ngapartji one first performed at the Playhouse, Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 25 - 28 July 2012.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

First known date: 2005

Language: Aboriginal Pitjantjatjara AIATSIS ref. (C6) (NT SG52-11) NT, SA , English

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y Namatjira / Ngapartji Ngapartji : Two Plays by Scott Rankin Scott Rankin , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2012 8800805 2012 selected work drama (taught in 1 units) Abstract
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Long Slog to Redemption Matthew Westwood , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 29 April 2014; (p. 14)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Indigeneity, Time and The Cosmopolitics of Postcolonial Belonging in the Atomic Age Helen Gilbert , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: Interventions : International Journal of Postcolonial Studies , vol. 15 no. 2 2013; (p. 195-210)

マラリンガからヒロシマ、ナガサキ、そしてフクシマへ -豪先住民演劇『Ngapartji Ngapartji (ナパジ・ナパジ)』は日本でどう観られたか- From Maralinga through Hiroshima and Nagasaki to Fukushima - How Japanese Audiences Saw Ngapartji Ngapartji, An Australian Indigenous Play Keiji Sawada , 2013 single work criticism
— Appears in: 人文論集 , vol. 51 no. 2013; (p. 39-56)

Mesmerising, Moving Story of Dislocation Glenn Burns , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 July 2012; (p. 24)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Memories of Atomic Horror Diana Streak , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 14 July 2012; (p. 8-9)

Cultural Lessons Revealed in Tale of Injustice John Slavin , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 16 October 2006; (p. 15)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Forgotten Refugees at Home Miriam Cosic , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 19 October 2006; (p. 42)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Language Rohan Trollope , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 22 April 2006; (p. 4)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Warning: Show Contains a Language Surprise Patrick Donovan , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 October 2005; (p. 8)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

The Art of Language Flora Liveras , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: The Northern Territory News , 29 September 2005; (p. 30)
— Review of Ngapartji Ngapartji Scott Rankin , 2005 single work drama

Acting Locally, Thinking Creatively Victoria Laurie , 2007 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 12 February 2007; (p. 18)

Ngapartji Ngapartji Heads to Perth 2006 single work review
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 21 September vol. 5 no. 114 2006; (p. 31)

Sliced and Diced - The Skill of Namatjira's Grandson Emily Dunn , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 1 November 2006; (p. 3)

White Australia Talking the Talk, if not Walking the Walk Larry Schwartz , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 October 2006; (p. 17)

Man From the Spinifex Mob Helps You to Learn His Language Online Larry Schwartz , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 20 April 2006; (p. 9)

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