1988 in Australia. On the musical front, it was seriously divided between the mainstream music industry and the alternative/underground scene, yet both sides had their eyes on the international stage. But there was a bigger issue; 1988 marked the Bicentennial of the British invasion of Aboriginal lands. Indigenous activists were waiting to protest any celebrations. It was this that the international media focused on.

Playlist

Minced Meat: The World’s Got Everything In It

NO: 200 Years

Kev Carmody: Black Deaths In Custody

James Freud: One Fine Day

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: City Of Refuge

The Triffids: Jerdacuttup Man

King Snake Roost: Gutterbreath

Distant Locusts: Father’s Suit

Matrimony: Whirlpool Head

Box The Jesuit: Three Cheers For The Pancreas

Slub: Rootman

Beasts of Bourbon: Door To Your Soul

Umkulu: Boomerang

Gondwana: Swamp

No Fixed Address: Pigs

The Gravy: Spirit Of The Land

SPK: Kambuja

Kev Carmody: Thou Shalt Not Steal