Black Queen, Lightning Ridge Explained

Address:	Sims Hill
Location Country:	Australia

The Black Queen is a house made of 14,000 glass bottles located in Lightning Ridge in outback NSW, Australia, and a theatre show of the same name at the same location.^[1]

History

The house was built by local woman Joan Andrews, who, while in her 60s and recovering from breast cancer, fashioned it by hand. Joan Andrews was inducted into the Pioneer Woman's Hall of Fame on her 88th birthday. Her inspiring story was written and performed as a theatre piece titled ‘Legacy & Light’. This performance won 11 Australian Tourism Awards.^[2] Gale Collins last performance of 'Legacy and Light' in Lightning Ridge was scheduled for the 25 October 2014.

Notes and References

1. Frommer's Australia 2010 - Page 236 Lee Atkinson, Ron Crittall, Marc Llewellyn - 2009 =0470567112 "Another unusual one is the Black Queen (& 02/6829 0980; www.blackqueen.com. au), Australia's foremost antique lamp museum."
2. Rough Guides Snapshot Australia: New South Wales and the ACT 0241008247 2014 The Black Queen is an awardwinning piece of theatre set in two Hansel and Gretel style ..."