Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country - La Mama
Victorian history and real-life justice are put centre stage, word for word.
Overview
An important part of Victorian history is set to be played out on La Mama’s stage this August, as Giordano Nanni and Andrea James’ Coranderrk: We Will Show the Country comes to life once more.
In 1881, the people of Coranderrk Aboriginal Station were being targeted to move to make way for white settlement. They were determined to challenge the decision, and took on the Board for the Protection of Aborigines with their white supporters in the pursuit of justice.
The script is essentially a verbatim reading of the real life testimonies that occurred before the Coranderrk Parliamentary Inquiry and as you can imagine, they make quite a damning case. Each scene opens with an introduction to the character speaking and the key themes raised in their testimony, giving the theatre performance an even stronger tie to the reality that it depicts.
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