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ByRachelLao

It’s January 1788. Unusual, foreign ships dot the coast of Gadigal land. Ships that approach, slowly but surely. Seven Clan Leaders gather to decide - should these strangers be welcomed? Or are they cause for alarm?

Jane Harrison’s play changed history. In The Visitors, Harrison illuminates the reality of that fateful day the First Fleet washed upon Indigenous soil.

The Visitors is showing at the Sydney Theatre Company in 2023 The show is directed by Quandamooka man, Wesley Enoch, who also directed the first production of Stolen in 1998.

The Lessons of Maralinga - Liz Tynan (2016) Podcast

Between 1956 and 1963, the British military dropped seven bombs on Maralinga to test their nuclear technology. One of these bombs was twice the size of Hiroshima’s. In the process, the Maralinga Tjarutja people were forcibly evicted from their land.

Before 1978, no one knew about it. And, it was only in 2009 that the Maralinga people received the rights to their land.

Dr Liz Tynan uncovers the story of Maralinga and the secrecy around it. A link to the podcast can be found here.

Aboriginal Australia - Jack Davis (1977) Poem

‘Now you primply say you’re justified And sing of a nation’s glory, But I think of a people crucifiedThe real Australian story’

Jack Davis is a renowned Noongar playwright, poet and activist. Aboriginal Australia (also known as To the Others) shows ‘a truthful and unfiltered portrayal’ of cultural genocide in urban Australia. It exposes how European colonisers reached out as friends and