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Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

Indigenous music theatre Women empowerment

Fanny Cochrane Smith was our first Aboriginal recording artist

In 1899 and 1903, Australia's first Aboriginal 'recording star' Fanny Cochrane Smith leaned into the brass trumpet of the Edison phonograph and sang about flowers and birds in her language of Pakana.

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'I don't want people to see me like that'

Artist disability disability stereotypes performer Restless Dance Theatre theatre

'I don't want people to see me like that'

Julia Hales has been able to express her personality and experience, beyond the fact of her disability, by working with Perth's DADAA (Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts) for the last 20 years — initially as a performer, and now also as part of their leadership team.

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'No time for fairies'

Anti discrimation Artist disability performer Restless Dance Theatre theatre

'No time for fairies'

Actor and circus performer Emma J Hawkins said casting is a still a serious issue for performers with disability.

Last year, Hawkins appeared in the Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre.

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