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Collection of two plays.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Strawberry Hills,
Inner Sydney,
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Currency Press
, 2012 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Namatjira,
single work
drama
'Albert Namatjira was a man of firsts: the first successful indigenous artist and the first indigenous man to be made an Australian citizen. At the height of his fame in the 1950s Albert Namatjira's shows sold out within minutes. If you didn't own one of his paintings you probably had a print in your lounge room.
'He also supported over six hundred members of his community, lost two of his ten children to malnutrition, was forbidden to own land, imprisoned for having a drink with his friends, and died a broken man.
'Namatjira is a whole-hearted tribute to a great man. (From the publisher's website.) -
Ngapartji Ngapartji,
Trevor Jamieson
,
single work
drama
'Ngapartji Ngapartji' traces the true story of one of the world's oldest nations - the Spinifex people - and their encounter with the Cold War and particularly the British atomic testing at Maralinga.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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