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SBS Australia
a day ago
- Sport
- SBS Australia
Fred Brophy: keeping the outback tradition of tent boxing alive
Fred Brophy: keeping the outback tradition of tent boxing alive Published 18 August 2025, 9:40 am With roots in colonial Australia, boxing tents had a long history of featuring at rural rodeos and agricultural shows. While changes to laws have seen tent boxing banned in most states across the country due to health and safety rules, Fred Brophy continues to tour parts of Queensland continuing the outback tradition.
ABC News
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Poetry that pulses with power and purpose
Gamilaroi poet Luke Patterson debuts an explosive new poetry collection titled: A Savage pages burst with tenderness and defiance. Patterson views his poetry as an anti-venom for colonial Australia, where pot plants whisper of stolen land and love poems bloom as fierce as wattle. Awaye also honours the life and legacy of the trail blazing Uncle Noel Tovey, who passed away this week, aged 90. Uncle Noel has had a profound impact on Blak dance and theatre. A champion of Indigenous arts and gay rights. Uncle Noel became Australia's first Indigenous professional ballet dancer. His journey took him from the streets of Melbourne to London stages. He was a mentor to young artists and an advocate who turned his survival story into power and strength. The conversation is from the Awaye archives from 2003. The discussion references childhood sexual assault, racist language, and suicide. Plus for Word Up, Neenah Gray shares more of the Darumbal language.
