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'Growing up just as the first pastoralists were cutting a swathe through his native lands, Jandamarra is one of Australia's great tragic heroes. Station child, angry young man, police tracker of his own people and finally inspirational leader of the most successful indigenous resistance against white settlement, his life was lived on the jagged edge of change and uncertainty. This story belongs the the Bunuba people of the Kimberley-but it speaks to everyone. (Source: Publisher)
Production Details
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World premiere produced by Black Swan Theatre Company during the 2008 Perth International Arts Festival, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre, 9-23 February 2008. Production in Bunuba, English and Kriol with English surtitles. Produced in Broome, 13-16 July 2011; Widjana Gorge July 22 -27 2011; Halls Creek 30 July 2011; Kununurra 4-6 August 2011.
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'... a tri-lingual epic about the Kimberley frontier of the 1890s, being developed as a co-production between Black Swan Theatre of Perth, and Bunuba Films, an Aboriginal company in Fitzroy Crossing'. (Source: Kimberley Writers Festival website)
The play was re-written for an outdoor setting and toured in Northern Western Australia in 2011.
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DIRECTOR: Tom Gutteridge.
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Black Swan Theatre Company and Bunuba Cultural Enterprises.
CAST: Jimi Bani, Tony Briggs, George Brooking, Emmanuel Brown, Simon Clarke, Peter Docker, Geoff Kelso, Ningali Lawford Wolf, Danny Marr, Margaret Mills, Kelton Pell, Dennis Simmons, Kevin Spratt and Sandra Umbagai-Clarke.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR: Paul Kelly
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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From Rosehill to Red the Carpet for Jimi Bani
2012
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— Appears in: Torres News , 6-12 June no. 1017 2012; (p. 7) -
Jandamarra in Translation
2012
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— Appears in: Kimberley Stories 2012; (p. 121-128) -
Jandamarra Stars
2011
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 24 August no. 508 2011; (p. 54) 'Jandamarra's highly anticipated tour of Western Australia's Kimberley region can to a close last week...' -
Jandamarra Going Home
2011
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 June no. 504 2011; (p. 58) -
Jandamarra Finally Brought Home to His People in the Kimberley
2011
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— Appears in: The Australian , 25 July 2011; (p. 16)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama
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Hothouse Talent Flowers in Perth Festival Plays
2008
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 30 January 2008; (p. 6)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama -
Legend of Jandamarra
2008
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 26 January 2008; (p. 25)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama -
Warrior's Language of Resistance
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian , 31 January 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama -
Another Side to the Crossing's Story
2008
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— Appears in: The Age , 12 February 2008; (p. 14)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama -
Warrior's Tale Lost in the Exposition
2008
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— Appears in: The Australian , 14 February 2008; (p. 12)
— Review of Jandamarra Mona Oscar (translator), Patsy Bedford (translator), Selina Middleton (translator), June Oscar (translator), Danny Marr (translator), 2008 single work drama -
Actor Had Key Role in Theatre
2007
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— Appears in: The West Australian , 13 October 2007; (p. 68) -
Black Rebel with a Cause
2008
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— Appears in: Artery , Autumn no. 6 2008; (p. 6) -
The West Gets into Stride
2009
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— Appears in: The Australian , 16 February 2009; (p. 9) -
Jandamarra Going Home
2011
single work
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 29 June no. 504 2011; (p. 58) -
Jandamarra in Translation
2012
single work
prose
— Appears in: Kimberley Stories 2012; (p. 121-128)
Awards
- 2006 shortlisted Patrick White Playwrights' Award
- Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
- 1890s