A Prayer

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Event A Prayer
Venue Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Parap, NT
Umbrella Event Darwin Festival 2007
First Date August 2007
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere Yes
Description A Prayer is a direct response to the Prime Minister John Howard's recent directive to send the police and army into Aboriginal communities in an attempt to stop child abuse. There is fear that this move is a guise for a federal government land grab because most Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory sits on uranium, mined or otherwise. Howard's vision to embrace uranium as the clean green fuel of the future ensuring Australian economic growth through international sales depends on government control of this land. A ninety-nine year lease of Aboriginal land is proposed by the government tha
Description Source Website
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Performance Art
Ecological Theatre
Subjects Ecology
Environment
First Nations
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Jill Orr Creator
Jill Orr Performance Artist
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
CV https://jillorr.com.au/p/biography
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 170304