
Akala Newman
Musical artist
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Jul 1, 2026
Walking Between Two Worlds: 'I Live With a Lot of Duality. You Have To.'
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Mundanara BalesHOST
What was that like? Like going from Bangarra, doing a performing arts and then going to university? Yeah.

Akala NewmanGUEST
Yeah, well, I think before Newtown, I was at an all-girls Catholic private school in the Southwest.

Akala NewmanGUEST
I think I learned a lot from that place in terms of maybe a similar feeling to how I was feeling at university as well.

Akala NewmanGUEST
Like what... discourse was dominant and how you know history is told from what lens and I was just so angry and first of all I was angry that I couldn't do dance drama or art because they weren't running those things for senior years and all I wanted to do was dance and um Also, I remember being in year nine and the teacher, you know, for history thought it would be okay to put rabbit-proof vents on and, you know, come up to me and say, oh, you know, you're Aboriginal, you would have been taken, you know? How is that meant to make a 15-year-old feel as well, you know? And I was just like, oh, no one gets this, no one understands.

Akala NewmanGUEST
And um, so I decided to go to another school and I auditioned for um, Newtown Performing Arts.
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