History Theatre / BranNueDae

* CrowdSong: the final number, a reprise of Nothing I Would Rather Be, sung earlier just before Willy runs away from school. Every character in the film gets a second in the limelight.

* GoingNative: the [[spoiler:ending, where all the main characters eat a meal in Willy’s mum’s house and suddenly realise “We’re all Aboriginal today!”]] For the record: [[spoiler:Willy, Tadpole, Rosie and Roxanne ''are'' indigenous, but Slippery is the result of a liaison between Benedictus and Roxanne, while Annie mentions she has some Aboriginal blood]].

* IWantSong: arguably Going Back Home, sung by Annie and Uncle Tadpole while on the road to Broome. Also a Road Song.

* MovieBonusSong: or in this case, soundtrack bonus song. Six White Boomers (a Christmas song) by Rolf Harris is on the soundtrack, but wasn’t in either the film or the stage production.

* MovieBonusSong: or in this case, soundtrack bonus song. Six White Boomers (a Christmas song) by Rolf Harris is on the soundtrack, but wasn’t in either the film or the stage production.

* GoingNative: the [[spoiler:ending, where all the main characters eat a meal in Willy’s mum’s house and suddenly realise “We’re all Aboriginal today!”]]
** For the record: [[spoiler:Willy, Tadpole, Rosie and Roxanne ''are'' indigenous, but Slippery is the result of a liaison between Benedictus and Roxanne, while Annie mentions she has some Aboriginal blood]].
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Most of the Aboriginal characters speak English using very Aboriginal accents and slang words, which are sometimes seen by white Australians as being uneducated. We rarely hear them speak their native languages, presumably for access purposes.

* AllStarCast: the film version is full of well known Australian actors and a couple of well known Aussie singers: Rocky [=McKenzie=], Creator/JessicaMauboy, Ernie Dingo, Music/MissyHiggins, Creator/GeoffreyRush and Magda Szubanski

* AllStarCast: the film version is full of well known Australian actors and a couple of well known Aussie singers: Rocky McKenzie, Creator/JessicaMauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush and Magda Szubanski

* AllStarCast: the film version is full of well known Australian actors and a couple of well known Aussie singers: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins, Geoffrey Rush and Magda Szubanski

* MinorCharacterMajorSong: Annie singing Afterglow (IfYouKnowWhatIMean)

Bran Nue Dae is a stage musical that debuted in 1990 and is about Willy (no, not like [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean that]]), an Australian Aboriginal boy from Broome who attends a Catholic Aboriginal mission boarding school in the ShiningCity of Perth in the late 1960s. German priest Father Benedictus, the school principal, is hoping for Willy to join the priesthood as his career. However, Willy has other plans; he just wants to live and fish in Broome and spend time with his GirlNextDoor LoveInterest. After caught stealing from the school canteen, he runs away from school and makes his way back home, teaming up with a minor [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]], TooQuirkyToLose HonoraryUncle, a hippy and her reluctantly hippy boyfriend and a bus of football players. Hilarity ensues.

* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: somewhat subverted, as most of the Aboriginal characters speak English using very Aboriginal accents and slang words, which are sometimes seen by white Australians as being uneducated. We rarely hear them speak their native languages, presumably for access purposes.
* CrapsackWorld: somewhat subverted. Aboriginals in the ‘60s had very few freedoms, but the show and film take a humorous view while still highlighting the discriminations and problems of the time.