The story of the white man who went black and came back.
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Written & performed by Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky Directed by Paul Hampton
Friday May 20@ 7.30 Anglican Hall in Braidwood.
Most Australians have heard the saying ‘You’ve got Buckley’s, and many know that William Buckley was an escaped convict who for 32 years lived with Aboriginal people - from 1803-1835. But very few know of what happened next.
The Go-Between: William Murrungurk Buckley: The story of the white man who went black and came back was Written and will be performed by Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky
On Friday May 20th @ 7.30 at the Anglican Hall, Wilson St, Braidwood.
The Go-Between: William Murrungurk Buckley is Directed by Paul Hampton and storyteller and musician Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky re-tells the epic adventures of convict William Buckley (1780-1856): his escape from the farthest outpost of the British Empire – Sullivan Bay (Sorrento) on Port Phillip; his 32 years with Wada Wurrung people where he became Murrungurk, a spirit returned from the dead; and then the little known, treacherous, political end game where he became the go-between – the Interpreter between the traditional owners and the invading colonists who established Melbourne.
Weaving Buckley’s ghosted 1852 biography with Wada Wurrung language, historic documents, archival images, music and poetry, The Go-Between: William Murrungurk Buckley takes audiences into the not-so-black-and-white world of colonial Victoria: of murder, massacre, and Buckley’s bruising encounters with the famous and infamous characters of early Melbourne – Batman, Fawkner, Gellibrand and Derrimut.
Told by Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky in savage, humorous fashion, The Go-Between:
William Murrungurk Buckley is the story of an outsider who attempted to be an early agent of reconciliation.
And where does the saying ‘You’ve got Buckley’s’ come from? You’ll be surprised!
Cost: $15 / $10 Braidwood Folk club members
