pic: (L-R) Jan and John Ellis)
I'm off to Canberra at the weekend to put a
couple of weeks in at the NLA (
National Library of Australia) finishing my research on WE (Bill) Harney. I've been
awarded the 2013-14 National Folk Fellowship to do this research and to put on
a piece of storytelling theatre, to be titled 'Bilarni', at the
National Folk Festival next Easter. My focus in the show is to be black-white relations in
Australia through the life of Harney. So finally I will be bringing this
project to bear fruit - it's been going since 1987.
The Monster Meeting CDs also won the
Historical Interpretation Award at the Victorian Community History Awards this
year, which is a nice bit of acknowledgement, and we're moving that project
towards a short documentary.
Learn more about The Monster Meeting HERE
