Event | Aliwa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Belvoir Street Theatre, Surry Hills, NSW | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Date | 15 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening Date | 15 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Date | 30 September 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dates Estimated | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status | Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Premiere | No | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description | 1930's Western Australia, down the south-west timber country the Davis Family stays together while the Australian Government through the Protector of Aborigines tries to split the family up and remove the children for their own good.
Held together by Mum Davis' fierce love, the women of the Davis family develop a unique strength as they move from town to town battling ignorance, prejudice, patronising interference and plain stupidity. Noongar writer Dallas Winmar has been entrusted with the stories of the Davis sisters and has unearthed the wit, tenacity and strength of love which has |
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Primary Genre | Theatre - Spoken Word | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Drama
Indigenous |
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Indigenous Australia
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Text Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event Status | Completed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Event Identifier | 7142 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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