Mark Bin Bakar
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Mark Bin Bakar | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Other names | Mary G "The Black Queen of the Kimberley". |
| Spouse | Married (2 children) |
| Website | Mary G's Home Page |
Mark Bin Bakar is an
Career
Mary G
The son of a
The Mary G show has played at the Sydney Opera House and at festivals and conferences right around Australia. The Mary G show has also travelled to rural and remote communities across the country, including an extensive tour right across W A.
Bakar continues to present the Mary G radio show for three hours every Wednesday night; it is broadcast to over 100 radio stations via the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS).[citation needed] He also tours across the country with his live cabaret show. He is only able to combine these two activities because he carries a portable radio studio whenever he leaves home base in Broome.
Music
Bakar was the founder of Stompen Ground, a musical event that was held in Broome and televised nationally. Mary G won a
Bakar is a talented musician in his own right[citation needed] and was in WA Indigenous bands such as 'Section 54' and 'Footprince'. Twenty years ago, Bakar established Ab Music in Perth; Ab Music is a place for teaching Aboriginal people to be musicians.
Activism
Bakar has also been actively involved in seeking justice for members of the Stolen Generations; part of this involvement has been through chairing the Kimberley Stolen Generations Corporation. He has also produced two albums of songs about the Stolen Generations. Bakar was also an inaugural deputy convenor of the 'Stolen Generations Alliance' formed in 2006.
On 11 July 2007, he did a three-hour show with The Pigram Brothers, also from Broome, and other musicians in the Berrimah Jail, Darwin. This was broadcast live over the NIRS Network; this concert broadcast is without precedent, being the first national broadcast of a 'jail concert'. In 2009 he appeared at the one movement concert for aboriginal reconciliation.
Bakar gave a number of keynote addresses in 2006 and 2007, including a speech given in the Great Hall of
Awards
In 2007, Bakar was honoured to be named the
Also in 2007, it was announced that Bakar was "West Australian of the Year", which made him a finalist for Australian of the Year in 2008.
References
- Something Mary, Broome Happenings, 13 January 2006, p. 3
- ^ "Winners profiles". NAIDOC. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2012.