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'Black Mary is a play telling the story of Aboriginal bushranger Mary Ann and her partner, Captain Thunderbolt, roaming northwestern New South Wales in the mid-nineteenth century. Dressed like the men, Mary Ann is one of the gang, managing to survive in the outback and to elude capture most of the time. She dreams of returning with Thunderbolt to live with her people but instead witnesses their massacre and plots revenge...'
'A contemporary play, Gunjies combines family life, young love, a football match and a debutante ball with political activism, racial discrimination and uneasy relations with police (the gunjies). Janson's characters are ordinary people-warm, funny, resilient-who are suddenly involved in tragedy...'
'An introduction provides interesting historical background on bushranger Mary Ann, and both plays are illustrated with photographs. The plays are recommended for Years 7 to 12 Australian history, Aboriginal studies drama and literature.' (Source: Publishers website)
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Content:
Black Mary
Gunjies
Contents
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Black Mary,
single work
drama
Black Mary is based on the life of an Aboriginal woman bushranger.
- Gunjies: Travelling in Haunted Country, single work drama (p. 85-153)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Performing Indigenous Australian Women
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 41-43) -
Works Look at History
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 12 February no. 144 1997; (p. 22)
— Review of Black Mary & Gunjies : Two Plays by Julie Janson 1996 selected work drama ; The Great Forgetting 1996 selected work poetry The launch of two books at the State Library in Sydney was attended by prominent Aboriginal activist, actors, writers, and a former ATSIC leader. -
Playwright's Best in Print
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 138 1996; (p. 21)
— Review of Black Mary & Gunjies : Two Plays by Julie Janson 1996 selected work drama
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Works Look at History
1997
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 12 February no. 144 1997; (p. 22)
— Review of Black Mary & Gunjies : Two Plays by Julie Janson 1996 selected work drama ; The Great Forgetting 1996 selected work poetry The launch of two books at the State Library in Sydney was attended by prominent Aboriginal activist, actors, writers, and a former ATSIC leader. -
Playwright's Best in Print
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 138 1996; (p. 21)
— Review of Black Mary & Gunjies : Two Plays by Julie Janson 1996 selected work drama -
Performing Indigenous Australian Women
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 11 no. 1999; (p. 41-43)
- North west New South Wales, New South Wales,
- 1850-1900
- 1900-2000