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David Wenham Stars in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol in Melbourne in First Stage Role in a Decade,
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'When David Wenham walked into rehearsals for A Christmas Carol in October, he felt the same way he did as a young actor preparing for his very first roles.'
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Ana Maria Belo on SBS Series It's Fine, I’m Fine and How She Learned to Embrace Her ‘/Deaf Voice’,
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'When Ana Maria Belo steps on stage, she is focused on more than just remembering her lines and which props to grab.'
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Eric Bana Teams up with Tim Winton to Showcase Blueback on the Big Screen,
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'Eric Bana is one of Hollywood's brightest stars, but these days he prefers to shine on home soil.'
- Baz Luhrmann's Elvis and ABC TV's Mystery Road : Origin Clean up at the AACTA Awards – as It Happened, single work column
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Elvis and Mystery Road: Origin Are Big Winners at AACTA Awards 2022,
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'Baz Luhrmann's Elvis and ABC TV's Mystery Road: Origin have dominated this year's Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards, held on Wednesday at the Hordern Pavilion in Sydney.'
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State Library Victoria 2023 Fellow Working to Revive 'Disappearing Language' of Braille,
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'If you have ever visited State Library Victoria (SLV), you may have noticed the district braille signs around the building's exterior.'
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Still We Rise Tracks the Names and Stories behind 50-year-old Aboriginal Tent Embassy Protest in Canberra,
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— Review of Still We Rise 2022 single work film/TV ;'Billy Craigie, Bert Williams, Tony Coorey, Michael Anderson, Bobbi Sykes, Paul Coe.
'These names, and so many others, should be as familiar to every Australian as Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X are the world over.' (Introduction)
- TV Streaming Services Look to Regional Queensland Towns for 'Authentic' Settings, single work column
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Archie Roach Song to Be Sung in Endangered Pertame Language at Singer's State Memorial,
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'An iconic song that references children from the Stolen Generations returning to family and country is lifting hopes that an endangered First Nations language could be revived.'
- Extras Sought for The Appleton Ladies' Potato Race Now Filming in Robertson, Bundanoon, single work column
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Proserpine the Backdrop for Australian Murder Mystery, Black Snow, a Tale of Sugar and Slavery,
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'A small country town in north Queensland holds secrets within its sugar mill, while outside the scent of corruption sweeps through the cane.'
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Nicolas Rothwell Wins the Prime Minister's Literary Award for His Novel Red Heaven,
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'Far North Queensland-based author and former foreign correspondent Nicolas Rothwell has won the $80,000 Prime Minister's Literary Award for fiction for his third novel, Red Heaven, in a ceremony in Launceston on Tuesday afternoon that was disrupted midway through by a fire alarm.'
- Archie Roach Farewelled at State Memorial Service with Song, Dance, Memories and a 'Profound Apology' — as It Happened, single work obituary
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Thousands Celebrate Life of Legendary Musician Archie Roach at State Memorial,
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'Before he was famous, as young Archie Roach mingled with other young Aboriginal people in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, he told those he met he was looking for his family.'
- Fred Leone Went Looking for His Mother's Lost Family History. He Discovered He Was a Descendent of an Aboriginal Warrior, single work column
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Paul Kelly's How to Make Gravy Covered by First Nations Prisoners with Pitjantjatjara Translation,
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'The lyrics of Paul Kelly's How to Make Gravy are etched in the minds of many Australians, but they are especially relevant to those behind bars at Christmas.'
- Looking for God in All the Rock Places : Are Australians Craving Spiritual Connection?, single work column
- Remembering the Famous Australians Who Died in 2022, single work column
- How to Make It as a Children's Author? Chris Kennett and Douglas Holgate Find Success through Graphic Novels, single work column