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Lyndon Murphy Lyndon Murphy i(A124798 works by)
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 Getting to Know the Story of the Boathouse Dances : Football, Freedom and Rock 'n' Roll Tamara Whyte , Chris Matthews , Michael Balfour , Lyndon Murphy , Linda Hassall , 2015 single work criticism
— Appears in: Creative Communities : Regional Inclusion & the Arts 2015; (p. 81-97) 'In 2011, the Indigenous Research Network (IRN) at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia brought together a team of playwrights and researchers to tell the story of the Boathouse dances as its firs community-driven research project. The Boathouse dances were held in the late 1950s and early 1960s and were a significant meeting place for Aboriginal people of Brisbane and the greater South East Queensland region. The dances were organized by an Aboriginal man, Uncle Charlie King, to fund the first Aboriginal football team in Brisbane and an Aboriginal women's virago team. The Boathouse dances were a time of celebration, reconnecting, establishing new relationships and falling in love.Te dances were also a focal point of significant social change in the lives of many Aboriginal people and were driven by Aboriginal people who were experiencing a new agency. To date, this story is untold; it is a part of Australia's hidden histories.' (83)
1 y separately published work icon Giving an Account of Ourselves : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Philosophy, Knowledge and View Seminar Series 1 2009 Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies , 2009 Z1600226 2009 anthology life story oral history Giving an Account of Ourselves is an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander initiative facilitated by AIATSIS for Indigenous speakers from around Australia to give talks on a number of the contemporary issues concerning Indigenous Australians.
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