Mental As Anything and Black Lace [picture] : dance, Balmain Town Hall, Friday 28th April, 7.30pm : dance uranium into the ground

Bib ID:
4934358
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Picture
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POSTER 2023-1402 copy
Description:
  • [Balmain, N.S.W. : s.n. 1978?]
  • 1 poster : col. ill. ; 76 x 51 cm.
Summary:

Poster of artwork depicting two hairy legs in black lace with naked feet, dancing on a cloud created from a nuclear explosion emerging from a cracked earth, with red and orange rays of sunlight in the background.

Biography/History:

Black Lace was a popular Aboriginal country rock band established in 1972 when Silva Linings (formed in 1966 by vocalist and drummer Mac Silva, Geoff Compton and Steve Lugnan) changed its name. Malcolm (Mac) Silva, the band’s leader, was born in Kempsey, New South Wales in 1947, and moved to Sydney with his family in 1965. He died from a heart attack at the age of 42 in April 1989.

Notes:
  • Caption title.
  • "Secondary students against uranium mining. School students and unemployed - $2.00. Everyone else - $3.00".
  • POSTER 2023-1402 copy Digital master available National Library of Australia
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Dance uranium into the ground
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