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John Harding John Harding i(A28064 works by) (a.k.a. Johnny Harding)
Born: Established: 1966 Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Torres Strait Islander ; Aboriginal Kuku-Yalanji ; Aboriginal
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1 2 Sisterly Love John Harding , 2014 single work drama Indigenous story

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.
1 How Bad Can It Get? i "Have you heard the new ATSIC is", John Harding , 2012 single work poetry
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 7 March no. 521 2012; (p. 24)
1 From Sorry to Treaty John Harding , 2011 single work essay
— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous: Treaty 2011; (p. 15-19)
1 Up The Road John Harding , 2010 extract drama (Up the Road)
— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous : Black and Sexy 2010; (p. 75-76)
1 3 A Black Sheep Walks into a Baa... Ilbijerri Theatre Company , John Harding , 2009 single work drama humour
1 form y separately published work icon Fitzroy Stars : More Than a Game John Harding , John Harding , Daniel King (director), ( dir. John Harding et. al. )agent Movie Mischief , 2008 Z1604390 2008 single work film/TV

The Fitzroy Stars was one of the first all Indigenous football clubs in the early 1970s. Many players went on to become leaders of the community and developed welfare and cultural organisations in Melbourne and across Victoria. After 14 years, the Fitzroy Stars football club has been resurrected and the old players reminisce on the importance of being a Fitzroy Star. It is more than game. (Source:Screen Australia website )
1 The Dirty Mile : A History of Indigenous Fitzroy Lisa Bellear , Gary Foley , John Harding , Kylie Belling , 2006 single work drama 'Take a walk through Fitzroy's Indigenous history and experience Indigenous people's strong and continuing historical, cultural and emotional connection to this place - from its Woiwurrung beginnings right up to the here and now. WW2 Munitions Workers, Atherton Estate locals before the High-rise, our sporting heroes, the Indigenous Fitzroy residents in the pubs, organisations, churches and back lanes. These snapshots of Fitzroy's Indigenous history the continuing theme of dispossession throughout our Indigenous experience and celebrate our social, political, cultural and sporting achievements - our resolve for self determination. Ilbijerri offers up to audience this unique Indigenous experience as an alternative to the Commonwealth games. ' Source: http://www.ilbijerri.org.au/ (Sighted 19/03/2006)
1 1 Second Helping John Harding , 2005 single work drama
1 2 Enuff John Harding , 2002 single work drama
— Appears in: Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria 2002; (p. 1-35)
1 3 y separately published work icon Blak Inside : 6 Indigenous Plays from Victoria John Harding , Tammy Anderson , Tracey Rigney , Maryanne Sam , Jadah Milroy , Richard Frankland , Playbox Theatre , Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Playbox Theatre , 2002 Z950463 2002 anthology drama (taught in 1 units)

Contains six plays.

Enuff by John Harding is a frightening and funny play about an Australian future where black patience has run out. A violent uprising is planned for Reconciliation Day – will retribution or forgiveness prevail?

I Don't wanna Play House by Tammy Anderson is the moving story of her childhood. A truly remarkable account of the triumph of the human spirit.

Belonging by Tracey Rigney recounts the taunts and temptations of a school girl, and her personal struggle to remain true to her culture, and herself.

Casting Doubts by Maryanne Sam is a funny, and at times heart-wrenching, play about an actors' casting agency with more colour charts than a paint shop, and the problems that Indigenous actors face.

Crowfire by Jadah Milroy is the story of a young, urban Indigenous Australian woman, and a man from a desert community lured into the city. The moving story of a search for identity and the need for reconciliation.

Conservations with the Dead by Richard J Frankland is a poetic and savage play that takes you into the aching sorrow of deaths in custody.
1 1 No Parking John Harding , 2001 single work drama humour In 1994, the Kennett Government knocked down a toilet block in Cleve Gardens, St Kilda - part of its clean-up campaign for the impending Formula One Grand Prix. It sounds uncontroversial; but for the Koori people who gathered there, it was the destruction of a modern sacred meeting place. No Parking follows the intertwined lives of a group of St Kilda residents. At the same time as the 'parkies' meeting place is threatened, the world of drugs is posing different threats to runaway Brian and his street-wise cousin Chrissy.
1 Personal Experience i ""One more shout", a thin futile demand, and Jimmy says "No bro"", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Willy-Willys* Of The Winds Of Change i "People surround a shoreline and raise their fists in the air", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Tidy Up The House! i "Ripping in, anger bred from disillusionment", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Reconciliation i "The most obvious problems barricade in by dubious words", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Advance Australia's Fare i "Happy birthday, white Australlia, ra ra the flag and hail the Queen", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Reclaim The Night i "The bus rattles so hard his big toe pops in and out of his Reeboks,", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 The Longest Walk i "A sea of black faces wind their way down Collins Street", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 How Cold Was The Wind i "I gave up all I had, withholding nothing my children too I gave to you,", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
1 Motherless i "No brown arms to nurture this child of the new age,", John Harding , 1995 single work poetry
— Appears in: Johnny Harding's Little Black Book of Poems : Address Book 1995;
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