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Lou Bennett Lou Bennett i(A115757 works by)
Born: Established: Echuca, Echuca area, Goulburn - Campaspe area, Northern Victoria, Victoria, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yorta Yorta / Yota Yota
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1 Ngapa William Cooper Nigel Westlake , Lior , Lou Bennett , Sarah Gory , Nigel Westlake (composer), Lior (composer), Lou Bennett (composer), 2023 single work musical theatre

'Ngapa William Cooper was born out of a rich collaboration between composer Nigel Westlake, singer-songwriter Lior, and performer and academic Dr Lou Bennett AM. With Westlake leading from the podium, these acclaimed artists will bring their dynamic stage presence to the orchestral premiere commissioned by AYO.

'Ngapa William Cooper explores the strength and compassion of Yorta Yorta activist Uncle William Cooper. In 1938, Cooper led the Australian Aborigines’ League through the streets of Melbourne in the only non-Jewish protest worldwide against the events of Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany. Using English and Yorta Yorta language, it is a celebration of a man who left behind a ‘legacy of resistance, solidarity and empathy’.'

Source: Sydney Opera House.
1 7 Advance Australia Fair i "Australia, celebrate as one, with peace and harmony.", Judith Durham , Kutcha Edwards , Bill Hauritz , Camilla Chance , Lou Bennett , Peter Dodds McCormick , Peter Dodds McCormick (composer), 2009 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Age , 29 April 2009; (p. 20) Koori Mail , 17 June no. 453 2009; (p. 18)
1 2 y separately published work icon Show Us Ya Tiddas! Lou Bennett , 2007 (Manuscript version)x402077 Z1595358 2007 single work musical theatre 'Show Us Ya Tiddas', is a one-woman show. It journeys through the musical autobiography of a multi-talented Indigenous singer/songwriter who faced many challenges coming to terms with her sexuality in a rural Victorian country town.
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