A postmodern bush band, Jenny M. Thomas and the System have been busy reclaiming lost Australian cultural territory. Songs of criminal women and convict men, treachery and transportation, have been dragged out of the songbooks, ripped apart, then lovingly put back together as a reminder that our history never leaves us.

Following a brief residency at the Old Fryerstown School, these artists have prepared a special performance responding to the distinctive characteristics of this historic gold rush town and its recently restored School.

Joined by her two-man band The System (named after the system which transported convicts to Australian penal colonies), exemplary musicians Dan Witton (double bass and vocals) and Chris Lewis (drums and vocals), Jenny M. will change everything you thought you knew about Australian bush music.

‘Bold, inspired and beautiful in its intensity, Bush Gothic takes your breath away’
NATIONAL TIMES

The story of the Fryerstown School