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Issue Details: First known date: 1993... 1993 Massacre at Myall Creek
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The massacre of Aboriginal people at Myall Creek marked a critical point in the struggle over land and power between the indigenous peoples of Australia and the European invaders. It resulted in seven white men being hanged for their crimes - the last ever to hang for the murder of Aboriginal people. Massacre at Myall Creek, by playwright John Summons, helps students to explore the social and political climate surrounding the massacre. (Publisher blurb)

Notes

  • School text. Based on the factual episode of a massacre of Aboriginal people in 1838 in NSW.
  • According to Popular Short Plays for the Australian Stage (1985) vol 2 p.67, this play was at one stage called The Savage Heart.

Production Details

  • First produced at a theatre-in-education piece which toured Sydney metropolitan schools, 199-?.

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Children's Theatre: They're Not Kidding Jennifer Brown , 1993 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 January 1993; (p. 12)
Children's Theatre: They're Not Kidding Jennifer Brown , 1993 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 January 1993; (p. 12)
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