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Deborah Joy Cheetham, (born 24 November 1964 in Nowra, New South Wales), is an Aboriginal Australian soprano, actor, composer and playwright. Cheetham claims she is a member of the Stolen Generations; she was taken from her mother when she was three weeks old after her mother rejected and neglected her〔("Where did all the children go?" ), ''The Independent'', 5 July 2000〕 and was raised by a white baptist family. Jimmy Little is her uncle. Cheetham graduated from the NSW Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music Education Degree.〔("Deborah Cheetham" ), ''Sunday Nights With John Cleary'', 3 February 2001, Radio National〕 In 1997 Cheetham wrote the autobiographical play ''White Baptist Abba Fan'' which tells of her experiences of coming to terms with her sexuality and racial identity whilst trying to reunite with her Aboriginal family.〔〔("The sins of the fathers" ) by Michael Billington, ''The Guardian'', 22 March 2000〕 ''White Baptist Abba Fan'' has toured internationally.〔(''White Baptist Abba Fan'' ), Radio National's Arts Talk〕 As a soprano Cheetham has performed internationally in France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and New Zealand〔(Deborah Cheetham ), Australia Council for the Arts〕 She sang the for the opening ceremony of the 2003 Rugby World Cup〔("Singing for the world" ) by Frank Walker, ''The Age'', 14 September 2003〕 and performed at the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics.〔("Shepparton pulls together to face up to indigenous disadvantage" ) by Peter Jackson, ''Crikey'', 13 August 2009〕 In October 2010, Cheetham's opera ''Pecan Summer'', based on the Cummeragunja walk-off, opened in Mooroopna, near Shepparton. She wrote, composed and performed in the production by the Short Black Opera Company.〔(''Pecan Summer'' ) at Riverlinks〕 In the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours List, Cheetham was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO), for "distinguished service to the performing arts as an opera singer, composer and artistic director, to the development of Indigenous artists, and to innovation in performance".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Queen's Birthday 2014 Honours List )〕 Cheetham has advocated for the lyrics to Advance Australia Fair to be rewritten.〔https://theconversation.com/young-and-free-why-i-declined-to-sing-the-national-anthem-at-the-2015-afl-grand-final-49234〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah Cheetham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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