• Title
  File 09: Rhoda Roberts interview by Martin Portus, 2 December 2020.
• Creator
  Martin Portus
• Level of description
  file
• Date
  
  2 December 2020
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9657998
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (4 hr., 8 min.) - digital, WAV, stereo (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Rhoda Roberts is a Bundjalung woman from northern New South Wales, and a producer, director, writer, broadcaster, performer and arts executive.
  
  Reference:
  National Portrait Gallery. https://www.portrait.gov.au/, (accessed 2 March 2021)
  
  Recorded at Forbes Street Studios, Woolloomooloo, on 2 December 2020
• Scope and Content
  Sydney-born Bundjalung woman, Rhoda Roberts, discusses her life and career as a producer, director, writer, performer, arts executive and broadcaster. She begins by discussing her family and their move from Sydney to Lismore, followed by her return to Sydney to study nursing before finding her niche in the arts world. Rhoda speaks about co-founding the first black national playwrights conference in Canberra in 1987 and Aboriginal National Theatre Trust, acting in theatre productions such as Richard Walley's Munjong and Louis Nowra's Radiance, and co-producing events for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and Sydney Dreaming Festivals. She also speaks about her first husband, actor, Bill Hunter, and her current responsibilities as Sydney Opera House head of Indigenous programming.
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Roberts, Rhoda
  
• Subject
  Roberts, Rhoda--Interviews.
  Women, Aboriginal Australian--New South Wales--Interviews.
  Theatrical producers and directors--New South Wales--Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19249494

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