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Meyne Wyatt Meyne Wyatt i(14527009 works by)
Born: Established: 1989 Kalgoorlie, Goldfields area, Southeast Western Australia, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Yamaji ; Aboriginal Wongaii
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BiographyHistory

Mayne Wyatt made his name as an actor in films and television series including The Sapphires, The Broken Shore, Redfern Now, and a two-year role on Neighbours.

Born in Kalgoorlie, he attended Hale School in Perth until the age of thirteen, after which he completed a theatre course at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and then attended NIDA, graduating in 2010.

In 2019, his debut play was produced as part of the Queensland Theatre Company's season.

1n 2020 Wyatt became the first Indigenous artist to win the Archibald Packing Room Prize for his self portrait.

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Personal Awards

Awards for Works

Meyne 2020 single work art work
2020 winner Archibald Prize — Packing Room Prize
y separately published work icon City of Gold 2019 Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2019 14527035 2019 single work drama

'All Breythe ever wanted was to be an actor, but this isn’t how he imagined his first big television gig – as a young Aboriginal man, being the face of a disastrous misfire of an advertisement that will get him roasted by his mob.

'When a messenger bird suddenly brings Breythe tragic tidings from his family, it spurs him on a journey of grief and duty. Returning home to Kalgoorlie, he is thrust headlong into family conflict and the reality of what it means to be an Indigenous youth in today’s Australia.'

Source: Queensland Theatre Company.
2020 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Nick Enright Prize for Playwriting
2019 nominated Sydney Theatre Awards — Best New Australian Work
2020 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — Prize for Drama
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