Darren Hanlon @ Welder’s Dog Brew Bar

Darren Hanlon grew in a place described in tourist brochures as: “the town that saved Queensland”. The grandiose statement refers to the discovery of gold in Gympie in 1867. The house overlooking the river in the Southside of the regional town contained his parents, his sister and their scant record collection but it seemed the two albums played continually were Kenny Rogers’ Greatest Hits and Slim Dusty’s This is Your Life which they’d all listen to from their rooms at bedtime.

With Kankawa Nagarra (Olive Knight) a Walmatjarri Elder, international blues and gospel singer-songwriter, teacher and mentor, human rights advocate, and political activist.