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dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Tamara
dc.contributor.authorMatthews, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorBalfour, Michael
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Lyndon
dc.contributor.authorHassall, Linda
dc.contributor.editorMcDonald J. and Mason R.
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-22T00:59:36Z
dc.date.available2019-01-22T00:59:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.isbn9781783205141
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/141432
dc.description.abstractIn 2011, the Indigenous research Network (IRN) at Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia brought together a team of playwrights and researchers to tell the story of the Boathouse dances as its first community driven research project. The Boathouse dances were held in the late 1950s and early 1960s and was a significant meeting place for Indigenous people of Brisbane and the greater South East Queensland region. The dances were organised by an Aboriginal man, Uncle Charlie King to fund the first Indigenous football team in Brisbane and an Indigenous women’s virago team. The Boathouse dances were a time of celebration, reconnecting, establishing new relationships and falling in love. It was also a focal point of significant social change in the lives of many Indigenous people and these changes were driven by Indigenous people who were experiencing a new agency. To date, this story is untold. It is a part of Australia’s hidden histories. The chapter will focus on the processes and subsequent tensions of researching and retelling the story of the Boathouse dances. To understand these tensions, we will need to take the reader on a journey to firstly understand what is meant by hidden histories within the Australian context. This will involve a brief history of colonial Australia leading into the social and political backdrop of the 1950s and 1960s. From this backdrop, we will explore the cultural and social significance of Boathouse dances, the significance of the location of the Boathouse, the ritual of preparing and travelling to the dances and the story of Uncle Charlie King who made the event possible. We will also explore the evolution of researching and retelling the Boathouse story so that it is an authentic representation for our Elders and also honours the transformative nature of the dances to create a better future for Indigenous people in the greater Brisbane region.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageenglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherIntellect Ltd
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttps://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/C/bo22229583.html
dc.relation.ispartofbooktitleCreative Communities: Regional Inclusion and the Arts
dc.relation.ispartofchapter5
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom81
dc.relation.ispartofpageto98
dc.subject.fieldofresearchDrama, Theatre and Performance Studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode190404
dc.titleGetting to Know the Story of the Boathouse Dances: Football, Freedom and Rock 'n' Roll
dc.typeBook chapter
dc.type.descriptionB1 - Chapters
dc.type.codeB - Book Chapters
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gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, School of Education and Professional Studies
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Intellect Books. The Author retains moral and all proprietary rights other than copyright, such as patent and trade-mark rights to any process or procedure described in the Contribution. The attached file is reproduced here with permission of the copyright owner(s) for your personal use only. No further distribution permitted.
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gro.griffith.authorMatthews, Christopher J.
gro.griffith.authorMurphy, Lyndon G.
gro.griffith.authorHassall, Linda M.
gro.griffith.authorBalfour, Michael S.
gro.griffith.authorWhyte, Tamara


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