Resource Key
LEVEL 1
brief, basic information laid out in an easy-to-read format. May use informal language. (Includes most news articles)
LEVEL 2
provides additional background information and further reading. Introduces some subject-specific language.
LEVEL 3
lengthy, detailed information. Frequently uses technical/subject-specific language. (Includes most analytical articles)
Databases
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Introduction
Young actor Breythe left Kalgoorlie dreaming of a dazzling career.
Now he’s found himself starring in a controversial Australia Day ad that pays big, but draws the ire of his mob. Racism is subtle but persistent in an industry where directors request he darken up for ‘authenticity’ and typecast him as ‘tracker,’ ‘drinker’ or ‘thief’.
Returning home, Breythe’s just as alienated from country and lore. His cultural capital distances him from furious brother Mateo and activist sister Carina, all of them struggling with regret and responsibility after their father’s death.
City of Gold is Meyne Wyatt‘s howl of rage at the injustice, inequality and willful amnesia of this country’s 21st century. The global Black Lives Matter movement and more Deaths in Custody in Australia show not enough has changed. This is still an urgent and necessary play for our times from a vital voice.
Currency Press. (2024). City of Gold. https://www.currency.com.au/books/drama/city-of-gold/
City of Gold Monologue
- The Guardian. (2020). Meyne Wyatt's monologue on racism on Q+A: 'Silence is violence. Complacency is complicity' – video.https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/video/2020/jun/09/meyne-wyatts-monologue-on-racism-on-qa-silence-is-violence-complacency-is
Closing Monday night's Q+A show on ABC, which focused on Indigenous deaths in custody and the global Black Lives Matter movement, actor and writer Meyne Wyatt delivered a powerful speech taken from his autobiographical 2019 play City of Gold. "'How are we to move forward if we dwell on the past?' That's your privilege. You get to ask that question," he told the audience. "You want your blacks quiet and humble. 'You can't stand up, you have to sit down.' ... Silence is violence. Complacency is complicity. I don't want to be quiet. I don't want to be humble. I don't want to sit down."
City of Gold Trailer
Black Swan Theatre. (2022, March 25). City of Gold by Meyne Wyatt - Trailer [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cZVrYSitls
City of Gold Ian Michael
Sydney Theatre Company. (2022, April 27). City of Gold | Actor Ian Michael [Video]. Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9aQK2ousM0