Barbara Miller's Blog, page 6
November 28, 2019
William Cooper Book Launch at SJM
Come along to Barbara’s launch for her new book ‘White Australia Has a Black History‘ and her very latest book ‘Shattered Lives Broken Dreams‘, on the 2nd of February 2020 at the Sydney Jewish Museum.
Barbara would love to see you there!
Where: Sydney Jewish Museum, 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
When: Sunday 2 February, 2.30pm, 2020
Book Launch: ‘White Australia Has A Black History’ by Barbara Miller
William Cooper Book Launch at SJW
Come along to Barbara’s launch for her new book ‘White Australia Has a Black History‘ and her very latest book ‘Shattered Lives Broken Dreams‘, on the 2nd of February 2020 at the Sydney Jewish Museum.
Barbara would love to see you there!
Where: Sydney Jewish Museum, 148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst
When: Sunday 2 February, 2.30pm, 2020
Book Launch: ‘White Australia Has A Black History’ by Barbara Miller
November 15, 2019
Author Talk at LAMM Library and New Book Gift Give-Away
Author Barbara Miller is giving a talk at the LAMM Jewish Library of Australia in the first week of December. Come and hear her speak on her William Cooper books and the Holocaust.
Where: Lamm Jewish Library of Australia: 304 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, Victoria
When: 7:30pm, Tuesday 3rd December
Bookings: 92725611
Event Flier:
Barbara will have a give-away of chapter one with a cover photo of her soon coming book ‘Shattered Lives Broken Dreams: William Cooper and Australian Aborigines Protest Holocaust‘
We hope to see you there!
Author Talk at Lamm Library and New Book Gift Give-Away
Author Barbara Miller is giving a talk at the LAMM Jewish Library of Australia in the first week of December. Come and hear her speak on her William Cooper books and the Holocaust.
Where: Lamm Jewish Library of Australia: 304 Hawthorn Rd, Caulfield South, Victoria
When: 7:30pm, Tuesday 3rd December
Bookings: 92725611
Event Flier:
Barbara will have her William Cooper book ‘White Australia Has A Black History’ available, with $5 for each book sold going to the Kristallnacht Cantata.
Barbara also mentions:
I will also have a give-away of chapter one with a cover photo of my soon coming book Shattered Lives Broken Dreams: William Cooper and Australian”
We hope to see you there!
William Cooper special Kristallnacht Cantata Event and New Book Gift Give-Away
If you can get there, go to the wonderfully creative Kristallnacht Cantata in Melbourne on 8 Dec where you will hear world-class musicians and singers and hear an imagined duet between Aboriginal William Cooper and Kristallnacht survivor Otto Jontof-Hutter. If you can’t make it, consider donating to this worthy cause. Anything above the production costs will go to the Aboriginal group Mullum Mullum Gathering Place -they need repairs to their building- and also accommodation for the homeless. The Mullum Mullum Yeng Gali Choir will be singing in the first half-and invited Otto’s grandson Ron to play Amazing Grace with them. The link to donate is https://australianculturalfund.org.au/projects/kristallnacht-cantata/
Barbara would like to mention a special offer to those attending the Event:
“My Cooper book White Australia Has A Black History will be available at the Kristallnacht Cantata Melbourne on the night of Dec 8 with $5 for each book sold going to the Kristallnacht Cantata.
I will also have a give-away of chapter one with a cover photo of my soon coming book Shattered Lives Broken Dreams: William Cooper and Australian”
We hope to see you there!
October 11, 2019
Book Launch Success – White Australia has a Black Heart
A successful book launch was held in Cairns with a stimulating PowerPoint delivery by the author, live entertainment, a diverse audience, lively discussion, enjoyable food and the moving song “Yorta Yorta Man” by Jimmy Little to entertain us. William Cooper was a Yorta Yorta man as were many others in the book.
August 28, 2019
New Book ‘White Australia Has a Black History’ Out Now on Amazon
Barbara Miller’s new book ‘White Australia Has A Black History: William Cooper And First Nations Peoples’ Political Activism (William Cooper Gentle Warrior Book 1)‘ is out now and available for Kindle or as a Paperback on Amazon!
This Is not your typical Australian History book or biography. Behind the dominant story is the black history of white Australia as seen through the eyes and life of William Cooper and other First Nations People.
Let me Introduce you to William Cooper, a pioneer of the Aboriginal movement for basic human rights who shaped Australia’s political activism.
How much do you really know about William Cooper? He was a leader in political activism for basic human rights who stood up for Australian Aborigines. He also led Aborigines in a protest march to the German…
July 3, 2019
Book Special for National Aborigines & Islanders Week (Naidoc)
We are happy to announce a new book Special for the National Aborigines & Islanders Week (NAIDOC):
During the 7-14 July the William Cooper paperback is $22.95 + FREE shipping in Australia
http://barbara-miller-books.com/store/
June 27, 2019
Free Review Copy eBooks!
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Barbara often found herself using the Aussie saying, “the stork dropped me at the wrong house” only to find she was repeating her mother’s words. In this riveting historical memoir exploring race relations and social change, Aboriginal elder Burnum Burnum, told her, “you may be white but you have a black heart, as you understand my people and feel our heart.” He suggested to IDA that she take on the Mapoon Aborigines project and she was pivotal to helping them move back to their land after they had been forced off to make way for mining.
Review
This is a highly engaging and inspiring memoir. At its centre is the story of Mapoon which has all the elements of a great drama with the violent expulsion of the community in 1963 and their triumphant return eleven years later. As the author explains she came almost by chance to be at the very centre of the drama which in turn dramatically changed her life. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in political and social change over the last 50 years.
Professor Henry Reynolds, FAHA FASSA University of Tasmania, eminent historian and award-winning author
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“If I Survive.” This thought haunted Lena. Her loved ones were cruelly forced from her arms in the Warsaw Ghetto in Poland and perished in Treblinka Death Camp.
Review
This is a truly beautiful collaboration between the author and her subject, who have together produced an invaluable documentation of a unique, moving, life story set against the backdrop of one of the darkest moments in human history. To read “If I Survive” is to meet a remarkable person and to be touched by her intense humanity in an inhuman world.
Jeremy Jones AM, former President of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and Director, Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council
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Did the deep north of Australia experience racism, discrimination and segregation? Yes. But it was different from the deep south of the USA. A system similar to South African apartheid existed on Aboriginal reserves like Yarrabah in Queensland till as recently as 1984. This book is unique in that Australian Aborigines themselves tell their story of living under legal discrimination on reserves and discusses their aspirations for self-determination, local government, human rights and land rights with a view to end racism.
Review
It is entirely appropriate that Barbara Miller is the one to write an update on Yarrabah’s efforts at self-determination and land rights, as she does not just stand on the sideline and cheer us on. She often jumps into the fray herself.
No doubt many people who were or still are involved in some degree in the push for Aboriginal social justice and human rights and all that that encompasses, plus interested persons, will be attracted to Barbara Miller’s latest case study. This book gives a succinct report of how things have turned out in the last thirty years.
… Her reporting skills and love for Aboriginal people are recognised by friend and foe alike, with her work being quoted by such bodies as the Human Rights Commission.
Rev Michael Connolly, Former Chairman of Yarrabah Aboriginal Council
Barbara with husband Norman at the Qld Literary Awards Brisbane Sept 2018 having been shortlisted for her memoir for the Qld Premiers Award for a Work of State Significance
May 7, 2019
Guest speaker for Library Week at the Smithfield Library 23 May 2019
Barbara is guest speaker for Library Week at the Smithfield Library at 10.30am 23 May 19
