George Huitker

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Produktbeschreibung

In 2014, George Huitker decided to merge his love of music and service education, and convinced his band, Junk Sculpture, to undertake a life-changing tour of north-western New South Wales. This was the very region where his service learning program was introducing his urban-based students to rural communities, to gain a better understanding of life in rural Australia, particularly for Indigenous children and their families.

With Midnight Oil's influential album Diesel and Dust on heavy rotation, Huitker emulated this band's ground-breaking Blackfella/Whitefella tour and hit the dusty, straight, corrugated roads heading northward on a journey of discovery… On the way, the travellers discovered some hard truths about themselves, their preconceptions and their country's history, and how best to serve its disempowered and disadvantaged people with greater authenticity.

In an honest, heartfelt and at times heart-breaking memoir, George Huitker shares this journey while tracing his own songlines and how they instilled his passion for singing and serving others.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Debbie Lee
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781760411329
• Artikelnr.: 48176127

Autorenporträt

George Huitker is a writer, musician coach and teacher closing in on completing his third decade at Radford College, Canberra. He has published three collections of poetry and two sporting memoirs, Not Just Footy (adapted for the stage in 2004 by Canadian director Walter Learning) and How to Succeed Without Really Winning, winner of an ACT Writing and Publishing Award in 2006. He has formed various theatre companies and bands over the years, finally settling with his own independent theatre company, Huitker Movement Theatre (HMT) and his rock group, Junk Sculpture. In 2007, with Rachael Bishop, he founded teamSUPPORT, a project designed to encourage young people, particularly boys, to participate in charitable work. George's website is at www.georgehuitker.com.au Junk Sculpture's Facebook page is at https://www.facebook.com/junksculpture