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Issue Details: First known date: 1991 1991
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— Appears in: Etchings Indigenous : Black and Sexy 2010;
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Production Details

  • First produced by the Ilbijerri Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-operative, Melbourne, 1991. Also produced by the Playbox Theatre Centre, Melbourne and the Belvoir Street Theatre Co., Sydney in April, 1997.

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

First known date: 1991
    • Strawberry Hills : Currency Press Playbox Theatre Centre , 1997
      Extent: iv, 48p.p.
      Description: illus., ports.
      Reprinted: 1998 ,
      • Note: Includes theatre program in centre pages.
      ISBN: 0868195081
      Series: Current Theatre Series Currency Press (publisher), 1983- series - publisher 'Current Theatre Series consists of Australian plays published with the program inserted and sold during theatre seasons. The aim of the series is to promote and encourage new dramatic writing and make it accessible to theatregoers and the public. The text is presented at the first day of rehearsal and does not contain changes which the author may choose to make after the play has commenced its present season - these will be incorporated into any new edition published by Currency.' Currency Press.
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Works about this Work

Kooemba Jdarra, ACPA in Powerhouse Collaboration 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 August 2005;
Dream Weaver Phil Brown , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 31 August - 6 September no. 554 2005;
— Review of Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ;
Local Groups' Energy to Be Applauded Alanna Maclean , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Times The , 1 January 1999;
— Review of At the Crossroads Jan Cornall 1998 single work drama ; Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ; Box the Pony Leah Purcell Scott Rankin 1997 single work drama ; Third World Blues David Williamson 1997 single work drama ; Summer Was a Fast Train without Terminals Merlinda Bobis 1998 selected work poetry drama ; Alanna Maclean surveys the theatre performances of the previous year in Canberra, including a brief mention of Merlinda Bobis and 'the local Filipino community's first steps towards a Filipino theatre presence.'
On the Road to Identity Sarah Thomas , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 June 1998;
Different Plays, Different Strategies Dennis Carroll , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 12 no. 1 1998;
— Review of Third World Blues David Williamson 1997 single work drama ; Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ; Dust Stephen Sewell 1997 single work drama ;
Different Plays, Different Strategies Dennis Carroll , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , June vol. 12 no. 1 1998;
— Review of Third World Blues David Williamson 1997 single work drama ; Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ; Dust Stephen Sewell 1997 single work drama ;
Great Fun on the Road Ron Banks , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 21 February 1997;
— Review of Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ;
Going Home to Love and Loss Helen Thomson , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 March 1997;
— Review of Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ; Ned Kelly : A Play Douglas Stewart 1942 single work drama ;
Humorous Side to Koori Life Felicity Bloch , 1997 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 21 March vol. 63 no. 26 1997;
— Review of Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ;
Local Groups' Energy to Be Applauded Alanna Maclean , 1999 single work review
— Appears in: Canberra Times The , 1 January 1999;
— Review of At the Crossroads Jan Cornall 1998 single work drama ; Up the Road John Harding 1991 single work drama ; Box the Pony Leah Purcell Scott Rankin 1997 single work drama ; Third World Blues David Williamson 1997 single work drama ; Summer Was a Fast Train without Terminals Merlinda Bobis 1998 selected work poetry drama ; Alanna Maclean surveys the theatre performances of the previous year in Canberra, including a brief mention of Merlinda Bobis and 'the local Filipino community's first steps towards a Filipino theatre presence.'
On the Road to Identity Sarah Thomas , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 June 1998;
Up the Road with `Can-Do' Harding Jeremy Eccles , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 27 January 1997;
Harding Draws a Bureaucracy Ron Banks , 1997 single work column biography
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 February 1997;
Black Writer Blasts Betrayal Stuart Honeysett , 1997 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 11 April 1997;
Kooemba Jdarra, ACPA in Powerhouse Collaboration 2005 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 August 2005;
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Awards

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Subjects:
  • Aboriginal culture
  • Aboriginal reserves & missions
  • Stolen Generations (Australia)
  • Loneliness
  • Love
  • Public servants
  • Alienation
  • Bureaucracy
Settings:
  • Bush Settings (Bush, Coast etc)