Dallas Winmar is a

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n writer who first worked with Company B in 2001 on the staging of her play '' Aliwa!''. This play was first showcased in Perth by Yirra Yaakin Noongar Theatre and developed at the Australian National Playwrights Conference in 1999 and 2000. She was commissioned by Kooemba Jdarra Theatre Company to write ''Skin Deep'' for their 2000 program. ''Yibiyung'', her third play, was workshopped at the Australian National Playwrights Conference in 2006 and the PlayWriting Australia National Script Workshop in 2007. Dallas was jointly awarded the

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in 2002 for ''Aliwa!'' (alongside Jane Harrison for ''Stolen''). ''Aliwa!'' was also shortlisted for the script category of the

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, and nominated for commendation for the Louis Esson Prize for Drama shortlist in 2003. Winmar again won the Kate Challis RAKA Award in 2008 for ''Yibiyung''.

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