Event | 
					 The Keepers 
						
						
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				| Venue | 
				Theatreworks, St Kilda, VIC | 
			
			
				
					| First Date | 
					
					22 April 1988 | 
				
			
				
					| Opening Date | 
					22 April 1988 | 
				
			
				
					| Last Date | 
					
					23 April 1988 | 
				
			
			
				| Dates Estimated | 
			
				No | 
			
			
				
					| Status | 
					
					Professional | 
				
			
			
				| World Premiere | 
				
				No | 
			
			
			
			
				| Part of a Tour | 
				
				Yes | 
			
			
				
					| Description | 
  					"Documents the experience of Indigenous Australians - in particular, the Boandik of South-eastern South Australia - at the hands of white settlers and their descendants. Spans two generations and two different time frames and stresses the importance of the land: "The Land is alive. It moves. It breathes. We know because we are its keepers."" | 
				
			
				
					| Description Source | 
					
					Reviewer's Opinion | 
				
			
			
				| Primary Genre | 
				
				Theatre - Spoken Word
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					| Secondary Genre | 
					
					
					
						
						
							Indigenous
						
							
						 
						
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					| Subjects | 
					
					
					
						
							Indigenous Australia
						 
						
						
							Race relations
						 
						
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					| Contributors | 
					
					
						
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					        | Resources | 
					        
					        	
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						| Text Nationality | 
						
						Australia
					
					
				
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						| Production Nationality | 
						
						Australia
				
				
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					| Further Information | 
					
					
					Toured regional South Australia and Victoria and Adelaide Fringe Festival.
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					| Event Status | 
					
					
					Completed
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					| Data Source | 
					
					
						
							
								| Source | 
								
								Description | 
								
								
							 
							
								
									| Book | 
									
									Casey, Maryrose. Creating Frames: Contemporary Indigenous Theatre 1967-1997. St Lucia: UQP. 2004 pp 170-172 | 
									
									
								 
							
								
									| Press Release | 
									
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									| Australian & New Zealand Theatre Record | 
									
									April 1988 | 
									
									
								 
							
						 
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					| Data Reviewed By
					
					
						 | Geoffrey Milne (GeoffreyMilne) on 11 February 2012 | 
						
				
				
			
			
				
					| Data Set | 
					AusStage | 
				
			
			
				
					| Event Identifier | 
					
					97538 | 
				
			
			
				
			
			
			
			
			
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