Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) with Archer
Brunswick Ballroom
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Melbourne
Sunday, February 5 at 1 pm GMT+11
Concert Venue
Sunday, February 5 at 1 pm GMT+11
Concert Venue
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Description
DOORS 1PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 2PM
Doors 1pm
Archer 2 - 2:40pm
Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) 3 - 3:40pm
Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) born in the sand and washed in the ash of the desert nomad campfire in about 1943. Living a traditional nomads life in the sandhills of the Kimberly until the age of 8. She has lived a life in many worlds from the injustice of cattle station slavery to touring the world as a member of the Hugh Jackman Broadway show. Kankawa is an activist, elder and singer of the blues. She sings in Walmatjarri, Kimberly Creole and English and other known and lost languages. Kankawa Nagarra is The Queen of The Bandaral Ngadu Delta. She is coming to the Brunswick Ballroom from her home in the far north west Kimberly to share her life stories, songs and poetry with the people. One night (day) only.
Archer will be joining Kankawa as her head bagman and apprentice singer of songs. He will be crooning ideas from the Claypan and most recently the blue ridge mountains
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-01/olive-knight-on-tour-with-hugh-jackman/11058410
https://kimberleybooks.com.au/p/biography-the-bauhinia-tree-the-life-of-kankawa-nagarra-olive-knight
TICKETING INFO
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THE BALLROOM MENU
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ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)
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