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02677aam a2200433Mi 4500 001 B8006DECA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210122s2020 xnaa e 000 0 eng 020 $a 1760626767 (paperback) 020 $a 9781760626761 (paperback) 035 $a (OCoLC)1247150939 040 $a AU@ $b eng $e rda $c AU@ $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OKU $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a anuc 043 $a u-at--- 050 4 $a PR9619.3.H3313 $b V57 2021 082 04 $a A822.4 100 1 $a Harrison, Jane, $d 1960- $e author. 245 14 $a The visitors / $c Jane Harrison. 264 1 $a Redfern. NSW : $b Currency Press, $c 2021. 300 $a xiv, 61 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a On a sweltering day, 26 January, 1788, on a bluff high above Sydney Cove, seven Aboriginal men stand looking out to sea. Moored off shore is a huge nowee (boat) . then there are two, then more. Who are these visitors Where are they from What do they want Should they be turned away -'by force -'or welcomed to country. In The Visitors, Muruwari playwright Jane Harrison (Stolen, Rainbow's End) reimagines the arrival of the First Fleet from a First Nations' perspective. These senior men, carrying the weight of cultural responsibility in their very human hearts, must decide what action they'll take toward these unwanted arrivals. A decision, under pressure, that will have repercussions -'unforeseeably and forever. Told with wit, charm, and a fierce intelligence, Harrison's story upends the dominant point of view of this pivotal event. Annotated and with an introduction by Wesley Enoch. 'I do not doubt that The Visitors will take its place alongside Stolen as a touchstone of Australian theatre, and as an essential part of the continuing struggle to make sense of colonisation and multigenerational trauma. 650 0 $a First Fleet, 1787-1788 $v Drama. 650 0 $a Aboriginal Australians $y 18th century $v Drama. 650 0 $a Australian drama $y 21st century. 651 0 $a Australia $x History $y 1788-1851 $v Drama. 651 0 $a Australia $x History $x History $y 18th century $v Drama. 650 7 $a Aboriginal Australians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00794496 650 7 $a Australian drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00821418 650 7 $a Colonization. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00868483 651 7 $a Australia. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204543 648 7 $a 1700-2099 $2 fast 655 0 $a Indigenous collection 655 7 $a Drama. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423879 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Drama. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032743.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B8006DECA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search