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Bob Maza Bob Maza i(A14202 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Lewis Maza)
Born: Established: 25 Nov 1939 Palm Island, Ingham area, Ingham - Cairns area, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 14 May 2000 Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
Heritage: Aboriginal
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Details of Works Taught

Text Unit Name Institution Year
y separately published work icon Plays From Black Australia Coordah, Murras, The Dreamers, The Keepers. Jack Davis , Eva Johnson , Richard Walley , Bob Maza , Paddington : Currency Press , 1989 Z13325 1989 anthology drama (taught in 1 units)

New writing from old Australians this collection presents Aboriginal playwrights using the dramatic form to tell how black and white Australians interact.'

'These are modern, urban plays, but traditional beliefs give strength and resilience to many of the characters in them. These city dwellers are joined to the land and their dreaming, with ancient bonds of common belief; the four plays provide a remarkable, often humorous insight into Aboriginal experience in Australia.' (Source: backcover)

Intro to Indigenous Australian Writing University of Sydney 2008 (Semester 1)
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