Event | White Witness | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Hobart City Hall, Hobart, TAS | |||||||||||||
First Date | 2 May 2004 | |||||||||||||
Last Date | 2 May 2004 | |||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||
Status | Community | |||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||
Description | A public and personal reflection on the events at Risdon Cove on May 3rd 1804 where a fatal encounter between the first White Settlers and an Aboriginal hunting party occured. Presented in the form of a re-enactment of the Report of the 1830 Committee of Inquiry into the Causes of the Conflict between Settlers and Aborigines, and the evidence before that Committee of Edward White, and eye witness to the events of May 3rd.1804. | |||||||||||||
Description Source | Press Release | |||||||||||||
Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||
Secondary Genre |
Historical
Indigenous Adaptation Biographical Documentary Drama |
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Subjects |
Australian National Identity
Crime Historical Indigenous Australia Intercultural |
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Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 62432 | |||||||||||||
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