AustLit

'Mailman, an actor, talks about her father, who is from Augathella, South Central Queensland, Bidjara country and her mother who is a Maori from Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand; upbringing and education at Mount Isa; drama studies and acting training at Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove; her Aboriginality as a Murri; mixed identities; role models; involvement in various theatrical productions; her attitude to playing Aboriginal parts and actors she admires. She then talks about her desire to create a bigger Indigenous arts industry in Australia; life ouside the theatre; her traditional values and her attitude to opening nights, criticism, marriage and race relations. Mailman then speculates about the future for herself and other Murri actors.' (Interview summary)