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Selfless Orchestra 'Terra Nullius' Album Launch
The album will be first available only at this show on limited edition vinyl, with a release on bandcamp on 24 October 2025.
Pre-Order your album and merch with ticket purchase and pickup at the show!
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Selfless Orchestra Announce Terra Nullius — A Bold New Album and Performance Confronting Australia’s Colonial Legacy
Launching Sunday October 19th at Liberty Theatre Perth as part of the Strange Ball event, presented by Strange Festival
Terra Nullius—Latin for “nobody’s land”—was the legal fiction that enabled British colonisation, denying the sovereignty and knowledge of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This falsehood fuelled dispossession of land, culture and identity, a legacy that continues to shape today’s social and ecological crises.
Informed by time spent in remote Indigenous communities, the work explores what it means to be severed from land, and how bonds of belonging can be restored. Presented as a one-hour audiovisual performance, Terra Nullius traverses histories of loss, injustice and resistance—from the Maralinga nuclear tests and refugee internments at Woomera to the desecration of Murujuga’s sacred rock art. Woven together with archival recordings, documentary soundscapes and powerful performances of the band recorded live in studio, the performance asks audiences to listen—not only to the music, but to the voices of Country and those who protect it.
“This album is about confronting difficult truths, but also about listening and finding new ways forward. Through music and collaboration we hope to spark dialogue, deepen connection, and reimagine our relationship with the land we live on,” says project director Steven Alyian.
Terra Nullius launches 19 October 2025 at The Rechabite Hall, presented by Strange Festival. Tickets available now via STRANGE FEST.
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PRESENTING THE INAUGURAL STRANGE BALL.
This October, Strange Festival takes over the Liberty Theatre in its totality for three nights of art, music, performance and exhibition by some of Boorloo's weirdest and finest.
Dress for evenings of warped high society.
Experience live performances on multiple stages.
Witness strange creations in interconnected spaces.
All brought to you by this year's ball theme:
TUBES.
Shall we dance?
17-19 October 2025
The Liberty Theatre
Boorloo
More line-up announcements and TUBE inspired musings to follow.
Strange takes place on Whadjuk Noongar Boodjar. We honour and respect the traditional custodians of country. Sovereignty was never ceded. Always was. Always will be.
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