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Family photograph of a young boy and girl, the boy holding a white rabbit and making a face.
24 Jun

Cleaved: A Story of Loss, Legs and Finding Family

  • Free
  • Talk

Journalist and playwright Jane Cafarella was well known in the 1990s for her columns in The Age and feminist writing and cartooning.

With her grandmother’s voice speaking clearly from the past, and her two beloved aunts talking over coffee in the present, Cleaved is a story of compassion and healing, detailing the complex and tragic consequences of the author's immigration story.

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Date Times
Tue 24 Jun
  • 6.30pm - 8pm 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Location

Museo Italiano
199 Faraday St
Carlton 3053

Open in maps location for Museo Italiano

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This is a free event

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  • email address: paolo@coasit.com.au
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong / Boon Wurrung peoples of the Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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