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Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 1994
winner y
Dead Heart
Sydney
Perth
:
Currency Press
Belvoir Street Theatre
Black Swan Theatre Company
,
1994
Z181328
1994
single work
drama
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Year: 1991
winner y
Bran Nue Dae : A Musical Journey
Jimmy Chi
(composer),
Kuckles
(composer),
1990
Sydney
Broome
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Currency Press
Magabala Books
,
1991
Z222822
1990
single work
musical theatre
(taught in 8 units)
The story of Bran Nue Dae concerns Willie, who having been expelled from the missionary school in Perth returns to Broome on the far north coast of Western Australia. Before leaving Perth, however, he finds his Uncle Tadpole and together they make the journey home with a hippie and a German tourist. Willy discovers sex and true love and their adventures end in the revelation that all the principle characters are related to each other. The whole is a celebration of the multi-cultural life of Broome and of the failures by government and church to make the black population assimilate and conform.
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Year: 1990
winner Blood and Honour 1996 single work drama
— Appears in: Australian Gay and Lesbian Plays 1996; (p. 237-276) Blood And Honour tells the story of a mother, her son and his lover, who face the possibility of a conservative win with a Federal election imminent.
