About Us
Aboriginal Studies
Research
Prospective Students
Student Services
Photo Gallery
Our Graduates
- > About the University
- > Research
- > Faculties
- > Library
- > IT Services
- > News
Our Staff
|
Mr Ernie Blackmore
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy
(School of English Literatures,Philosophy and Languages)
University of Wollongong, 2007.Master of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong, 2000.
Writing for Theatre
Bachelor of Creative Arts
University of Wollongong, 1999.Creative Writing in Prose,
Theatre and Film
Contact Details:
Building 30, Room G07J
Tel (02) 4221 5393
Fax (02) 4221 4244
Email: ernie@uow.edu.au
Brief Introduction:
Ernie has a history in Creative Writing for theatre with a special interest in recording both historical and contemporary Indigenous texts. His first play Buckley’s Hope represented Australia at the 1999 US National Playwrights’ Conference with a full Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cast. The play was directed by 2005 NSW Premier’s Award winner, David Milroy. His later works have formed part of his Doctoral Thesis, Speakin’ out Blak, an Examination of the ‘Urban’ Indigenous ‘Voice’ Through Contemporary Theatre.
Ernie had many years of managerial experience in the long distance road transport industry and several years as a taxi operator before turning his attentions to an academic career. From 1997 to 2003 while studying and working on his thesis he worked part time as a tutor in multi disciplines including English, Creative Arts and Aboriginal Studies.
He is currently fully engaged with Woolyungah Indigenous Centre’s programs of building both a full fledged academic unit as well as providing first class student support facilities within the.
Research Interests:
Ernie is particularly interested in building bridges with the South Coast Aboriginal communities and particularly supporting new Aboriginal graduates and postgraduate students as they work in recording histories of the Illawarra and South Coast Nations that have previously been
inaccessible to inappropriate researchers. In this area he is engaged in a project in partnership with the South Coast Writers’ Centre and Masters student Elizabeth Hodgson in recording the voices of women Aboriginal Elders of the Illawarra region. The long term goal of the project is to publish an anthology of these voices. Ernie is also a partner with University of Wollongong Fellow, Dr Irene Luchetti in their formal research project of an Examination of the Treatment of the Colonised Irish and Australian’s Indigenous Peoples through the Faculty of Arts Literature, Identity and Culture Research group.
He is particularly concerned about the provision of Education for indigenous peoples at higher education levels.
Professional Information:
Currently employed as a Lecturer at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre at the University of Wollongong.
• 1997 – 2004 University of Wollongong: Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Creative Arts.
• 2002 - 2004 Macquarie University: Warawara Aboriginal Education Centre
• 2001 - 2003 Indij Readers: Indigenous editorial consultant:
• 2001 - 2002 On-Line Campus: Bondi Junction:
Publications:
• 2007, PhD Thesis; “Speakin’ out Blak”, an Examination of the ‘Urban’ Indigenous ‘Voice’ Through Contemporary Theatre
• 2004, “Waiting for Ships” as Performance May 2004, February 2008.
• 2003, “In Conversation with David Milroy”, an interview, in Kunapipi; Vol; XXVI No: 2.
• 2002-2003, Indij Readers Series, Series I, as consultative editor for series and dramatists for What We Count, Then and Now, Having Fun at School and In the Bush
• 2002, Excerpt from the play "Positive Expectations" in Southerly; Vol;2, 2002.
• 1999, "Buckley's Hope" in Master of Creative Arts Thesis;